Explain Why The United States Became Increasingly Involved In The War In Vietnam

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Explain Why The United States Became Increasingly Involved In The War In Vietnam The Cold War was a conflict between Russia and the United States but they were no actually fighting one an other. They done their fighting through smaller countries. The Cold War began after World War II and separated Europe with an ‘iron curtain’.          During 1954 to 1965, America became increasingly involved in the affairs of Vietnam. This was due to many important reasons; the most important being that of Americas hatred of communism and the USA's need to contain it.Throughout these years the USA could have withdrawn and stopped giving aid to South Vietnam, but didn't, as the Presidents wanted to maintain their stature and not let Russia think they were weaker.        From 1946 onwards the Vietminh who were an organisation set-up and led by the patriotic, communist Ho Chi Minh fought heavily with the French. They fought with far more primitive weapons than the French who used modern powerful weapons supplied by the US. But where the Vietminh lost out on technology they made up with ferocity, patriotism and they tactics. They fought using Guerrilla warfare and this suited the environment and gave a major advantage to the Vietminh.          The USA had become indirectly involved by funding the war
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for the French, but this was not enough for them. The French who primarily fought to preserve their empire differed in the reason why America became involved. They saw this conflict as a stand against the worldwide spread of communism and not as war between colonialists and Nationalists. The USA was fighting for the wrong reasons.         The year 1954 was a major turning point, which brought about the direct involvement of USA.The battle of Dien Bien Phu, in which the French were defeated by the Vietminh. This caused the French to leave Indo-China. The Geneva peace agreement led to the ...

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