The war was fought against COMMUNISM; North Vietnam was communist & trying to take over SOUTH Vietnam which was NOT communist.
The struggle between Democracy and Communism.
The communist super-power's goal was expanding communism; Hanoi was trying to expand communism by attempting to take over the "Republic" of South Vietnam, a non-communist country (nation). North Vietnam was in keeping with communist expansion; which is why the Chinese Communists/USSR supplied Hanoi with war material & training.
the USA decided that they wanted to stop the spread of communism which would trigger the domino theory. The domino theory was that if a single country fell to communism then the surrounding countries would fall as well. The USA had also signed the Truman Doctrine that would enable them to go into any country that was at threat of falling to communism and fight to prevent it. Thus the USA decided that Korea and Vietnam were at threat of falling to communism and intended to stop the spread of communism in Asia
The Truman Doctrine was the US policy of trying to contain the spread of communism
They were both caused by one half of the country being communist, and the other trying to fend their attacks to spread communism off.
They were trying to stop the spread of Communism in that region. The U.S. feared the domino effect. Whereas one country falls to communism and others will follow.
The US had hoped to stop the spread of Communism .
The USA went to war with Vietnam because it was a communist country. Also they were allies with the USSR. We were enemies with the USSR so we wanted the USSR to have at least 1 less freind.
Both involved superpowers trying to influence the spread of communism. APEX(;
It said that the United States will try to "contain" the spread of Communism. It was said after WWII because the Soviets had gone Communist and they were trying to spread it to Western Europe. That is why the US went to war in Vietnam and Korea. Basically, it is to stop the spread of Communism.
The USA was trying to stop the spread of Communism in southeast Asia.
The NVA and ARVN fought in South Vietnam. The only fighting taking place in North Vietnam was between jet aircraft (the air war).
During the Cold War, the US fought with Vietnam because of Communism
The war was fought against COMMUNISM; North Vietnam was communist & trying to take over SOUTH Vietnam which was NOT communist.
The struggle between Democracy and Communism.
Communist North Vietnam was trying to take over the non-communist country of South Vietnam. The US fought North Vietnam to stop them.