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The North Vietnamese regard it as a war of liberation. The Americans saw it as a war against Communism. For them is was mostly a defensive and ´containment´ war, trying to keep the North Vietnamese from conquering South Vietnam.
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Was Gerald meehan of bayonne NJ killed in Vietnam?
Simple enough; type in his name on the search engine on the website: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.
Why is the Vietnam war often called the 'American war'?
One of the main reasons was to separate the Vietnam War from the French War or French Vietnam War (which is often referred to as the French Indochina War; and lately, the 1st Indochina War). To makes things simple: The French Indochina War and the US (American) Vietnam War, might be the easiest way to remember it.
Why did the United States get into Vietnam?
the tension between north and south came to a disagreement-north thought they deserved all of Vietnam and war was about to brake out south Vietnam asked America to help Lyndon b Johnson and Kennedy sent trainer to train the armies of the south soon that was not enough to help the southern Vietnamese people so troops were sent Vietnam. If one searches The Vietnam War and finds many start and end dates the reason for that is very simple. There was never an official start date of the war in Vietnam because war was never officially declared. America became very involved with the war in 1960. you check it out on CNN time line its pretty cool and simple find
Why did the United States engage in the Vietnam war?
The US supported South Vietnam because its covernment was anti-communist.
Words used to describe the Vietnam war?
Oh, honey, where do I start? Chaotic, brutal, divisive, deadly. It was a hot mess, plain and simple. Those were some dark days, let me tell you.
