Vietnam War- November 1, 1955-April 30, 1975
Before
The origins of the Vietnam War trace back to many years before the first U.S. military set foot in the country. However, the war itself began with the end of World War II in the Pacific. With the defeat of the Japanese, the United States, through treaty, allowed France to return to control its colonial possessions in Indochina, which included Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. When France decided that they wanted to take over Vietnam, Truman backed him and decided that that would be the best place to spend their money. Vietnam of course, retaliated and wanted to keep their country. Ho Chi Minh thought Truman would help him because of his sympathetic nature towards decolonization. In reality, all America wanted to do was stop communism as a whole and if France took over, he thought it would be gone. This led to SOuth Vietnam taking much of Frances ways and North Vietnam continuing to be a communist country. Eisenhower sent money to Vietnam to try and help but did not send any troops to try and help the waging war.
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In Short...
The Vietnam war consisted of the North and South fighting each other because the North was a communist country and the South didn't agree with this. This started with Hanoi being captured and from there Northern Vietnam was turned into a communist country and then the country split between the Republic and Democratic.