It went from '55 to '75. But you will always get the following answers, depending upon whom you're talking to: 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, and 1965. Very very few people will argue with the ending date of 30 April 1975.
Guerrilla war in South Vietnam '55; conventional war with North Vietnam '64.
The NUMBER ONE reason for protesting the war was THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO VIETNAM (THE DRAFT!).
The Vietnam war was from 1972 to 1853, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ WOW! Whoever wrote this is a dumbwad! LOL
He died before the war ended.
1 November 1955 - 30 April 1975 (19 years, 5 months, 4 weeks and 1 day)
'55 to '75.
Guerrilla war in South Vietnam '55; conventional war with North Vietnam '64.
To fight communism.
There was no "Vietnam" during the Vietnam War. Communist NORTH Vietnam was attacking non-communist SOUTH Vietnam, and the US was trying to drive the communists out of South Vietnam...trying to stop communist aggression. It's called the Vietnam War because it's a lot easier to say, and less confusing...than to say "South Vietnam War" or "North Vietnam War", so some people go so far as to say the war in Southeast Asia instead.
The NUMBER ONE reason for protesting the war was THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO VIETNAM (THE DRAFT!).
To prevent them from conquering South Vietnam.
World War 1 went on for about 4 years.
no country wants to go to war
No- you did not get to choose, you had to go. If they said for you to go, you got to go but you had to be 18 or older. TRUST ME- I'M IN 6TH GRADE AND I JUST LEARNED ABOUT THE VIETNAM WAR!!
'55
1955 to 1975.
French Indochina War (1946-1954).