The United States saw that Ngo Dinh Diem was alienating South Vietnamese citizens.
The United States saw that Ngo Dinh Diem was alienating South Vietnamese citizens.
The North was fighting the US; the South was allied to the US.
The US was on the SOUTH Vietnamese side. The enemy was the NORTH Vietnamese...two separate countries. The Southerners were non-communist; the Northerners were communists.
The US wasn't fighting the Vietnamese. The US was fighting the communist NORTH Vietnamese. The SOUTH Viets were friends of the US.
France, Australia, US, North Vietnamese (Vietcong), South Vietnamese.
South Vietnamese disliked Victimization for a few different reasons. The main reason was because of the term of the US policy.
The US helped the SOUTH Vietnamese. The North was the enemy!
Communist guerrilla movement in Vietnam that fought the South Vietnamese government forces 1954-75 with the support of the North Vietnamese army and opposed the South Vietnamese and US forces in the Vietnam War.
they were the south vietnamese irregulars
Australia was the south's ally. Along with the US, etc.
With US/Allied aid, the South fought back. US Air Power BOMBED North Vietnam. US Navy warships SHELLED North Vietnam. South Vietnamese Air Force airplanes bombed and strafed in South Vietnam in support of ARVN/South Viet Marines/Rangers/etc. ground troops.
US Government, Australian Government, South Vietnamese Government, North Vietnamese Government, USSR & Red China.