Why did the USA become increasingly involved in the war of Vietnam?

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Why did the USA become increasingly involved

in the war of Vietnam?

There are many reasons why amerce got involved in the war of Vietnam. The countries Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia were then called the ‘French indo china.’ This is because the French had conquered this area before in the 19th century. The French indo china was wanted by the French because of its raw materials like rubber, coal and rice. Also, Vietnam was the worlds third biggest grower of rice.

However, because of these raw materials Japan wanted to conquer this too. They took time and waited for the right time to go and attack Vietnam. This finally came down to the year 1940 when France was defeated by the Germans. So Japan went into Vietnam and started taking out what they wanted. In 1940 the French were defeated by the Japanese. Therefore, meant that Japan had control over the French indo china. This then expanded the Japanese empire even more.

Japan had hoped to keep the French indo china but by the end of the Second World War 1945 the French had returned, to reoccupy the territory they had lost earlier. In august 1945 the French had defeated the Japanese and took back what was there’s. This couldn’t have been done without the support of the USA. The Japanese got rid of the French and then the Americans got rid of the Japanese. This meant that the Vietminh was the only military force left in Vietnam. The Vietminh are the Vietnamese fighting for the independence of the country. Their ambition was to get Vietnam free from both the French and the Japanese. This group was lead by two people called ho chi minh and Nguyen Vo Giap.

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