South Viet communists (VC) supported by NVA (Communist North Vietnamese Army) supplied by Communist China and Communist Soviet Union.
The Vietnam War was part of the cold war. To prevent Communist North Vietnam from taking over the Republic of South Vietnam.
We didn't want Communist taking over the world. We tried to stop communist from taking over capitalist countries
The Communist's suffered a loss of face when they backed down during the Cuban Missile Crisis of '62. They gained some of their prestige back when they won the Vietnam War in '75. Note*-The Communist TET offensive of '68 showed that the communists were a determined foe; and the handwriting was on the wall at that time for the US.
The communists simply felt that they could get away with it (infiltrating into RVN). Apparently, they were right (since they won the war).
south Korea forces were also involved but none other
The people that were involved in the cold war was the Soviet Union, Communist world, and the non-communist world (The US and the USSR)
The communist country of the USSR was involved in the war. They were not involved simply because they were communists. They were involved because Adolph Hitler wanted their country for their resources and they wanted to kill off Slavs and communists.
Democracy, monarch, dictatorship, Communist
After the Vietnam war the Soviet Union did not attack or overtly support the expansion of Communism through military means. No war stopped as such but Communist agression was forever checked. Stopping the Communist expansion was one of the USA's reasons to get involved in Vietnam and some argue that the war was successful due to this.
The Vietnam War was part of the cold war. To prevent Communist North Vietnam from taking over the Republic of South Vietnam.
We didn't want Communist taking over the world. We tried to stop communist from taking over capitalist countries
Governments were either free governments or communist government, with some exceptions of dictator governments such as Franco's Spain or Tito in Europe.
The Communist's suffered a loss of face when they backed down during the Cuban Missile Crisis of '62. They gained some of their prestige back when they won the Vietnam War in '75. Note*-The Communist TET offensive of '68 showed that the communists were a determined foe; and the handwriting was on the wall at that time for the US.
The communists simply felt that they could get away with it (infiltrating into RVN). Apparently, they were right (since they won the war).
The Vietnam conflict was a type of proxy war, in that our Cold War foe, Russia, heavily subsidized Communist North Vietnam in their fight with U.S. forces.
To stop the spread of communism, since North (Communist) Korea was attacking South (Democratic) Korea.
south Korea forces were also involved but none other