Guerrilla war in South Vietnam '55; conventional war with North Vietnam '64.
'55
To fight communism
Canadian men crossed into the US and joined the US military to fight in Vietnam. Canada itself did not go to war.
During the Vietnam War, in the US military, women were part of the WAC's (Women's Army Corps) in the US Army. The US Navy had the WAVE's.
President Eisenhower sent US advisers to Vietnam in 1955. President Kennedy sent the Special Forces (Green Beret) to Vietnam in 1961. President Johnson sent US Regulars to Vietnam in 1965.
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.
he reported that the war could not be won by the US troops. The war was a mistake
The US entered the Vietnam war after ww2 because the US wanted to control Communism or stop it completely and half of Vietnam was a commie country and the US did not want the Communism to spread so we entered to stop the commie side of Vietnam and to liberate the Democratic side
In the Vietnam War the US opposed the invasion of South Korea by North Korea. The fighters from North Korea, who used guerilla tactics, were known as the Viet Cong.
Hindsight is 20/20. At the time (the Cold War); it was right.
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