They not only tried; but they did. That was their president, Ho Chi Minh's dream.
If communist North Vietnam did not try to conquer South Vietnam, the war would have been prevented.
Look at a map. It doesn't sound familar for RVN, try North Vietnam. Might even try North and South Korea; sounds abit Korean.
North or South Viets?
North Vietnam was controlled by communists.
President Johnson implemented a bombing campaign known as Operation Rolling Thunder to try to cripple North Vietnam's military and industrial capabilities. He also attempted to stop North Vietnam from sending supplies and troops to the guerrillas in South Vietnam through a policy called interdiction, which involved targeting supply routes and infiltration routes along the Ho Chi Minh trail. Additionally, he authorized the deployment of ground combat troops to South Vietnam to counter the guerrilla forces.
My English is not the best, but i try... Vietnam was separated in North and South . North were Communistic and South Democratic. In South were many allies of the communists named Vietcong. So North Vietnam decided to affect the South. The US interfere in Vietnam war, because they were afraid that the domino effect will start and all Indu-China countries want to become communists, too. moreover they want to stay the biggest world power.
They did not try to take over South Vietnam.And you might be thinking "HOW IN THE WORLD WOULD A 10 YEAR OLD KNOW THIS!?".Well,My great grandma told the stories about my great granddad to my grandma,and the story has een passed down to me.
Try search engine for: North Vietnam, Vietnam War, Ho Chi Minh, Viet Minh; then look at the bottoms at the references...then go to them. Each source leads to another one. Edit by Engl1sh: You may also try Vietcong (North Vietnamese guerrilla warfare soldiers). These soldiers were hidden among South Vietnamese people and were there to topple the S. Vietnamese government. If you find information on the government in the South, you should be able to find government and politics from the North.
The US supported South Vietnam because its covernment was anti-communist.
The North Vietnamese began to move their regular army troops and weaponry into the South at that time. President Johnson ordered air attacks on the North to try and prevent this movement.
so they could get the Germans out of North Africa.
To try and keep South Vietnam from falling to the Communists, and because the government of South Vietnam was too corrupt and incompetent to defend themselves. The government of South Vietnam was never able to defend themselves, and President Gerald R. Ford finally gave up on them in 1975. They soon fell to communist North Vietnam.