The Commie team won.
Diem was reportedly extremely anti-communist, and any national (citizen) showing communist trends was stomped out quickly.
The US supported South Vietnam because its covernment was anti-communist.
A war to preserve the Free Republic of South Vietnam from a communist take over by Communist NORTH Vietnam.
The Korean War 1950-1953 and the Vietnam War 1961(?)-1975 were battles between the communist world and the free world. Communist and anti-communist countries were watching and waiting, to see who would win. In the minds of the viewers, which system would be the strongest? Which would be the best system to live under? Countries (people) didn't know. But they might have an idea, after those two wars were settled.
The anti-communist countries fighting the communists in the war, were: The US, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, Thailand, South Korea, and South Vietnam.
Communist North Vietnam re-united with the NON-Communist SOUTH Vietnam, creating ONE Communist country; Vietnam.
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Communist North Vietnam was trying to take over the non-communist country of South Vietnam. The US fought North Vietnam to stop them.
To prevent the communist take over of the NON-communist Republic of South Vietnam, by Communist NORTH Vietnam.
The war was fought against COMMUNISM; North Vietnam was communist & trying to take over SOUTH Vietnam which was NOT communist.
North Vietnam aided Viet Cong or the National Liberation Front (NLF) in a guerilla war against the anti-communist. The army of the North was called People's Army of Vietnam or North Vietnamese Army.
To stop communist North Vietnam from taking over the non-communist country of South Vietnam.