What Led The U.S to Involve in Vietnam

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The Vietnam War

The Vietnam War marks the longest military war in the history of the United States . This war was a military war which was being fought in Vietnam between the years 1959 and 1975 . This war involved the United States in conjunction with the South Vietnamese army who were in conflict with national liberation front and the North Vietnamese army Before the commencement of this war , Vietnam was under France colony which led the country to start a struggle for independence

. Between the years 1946 and 1954 , Vietnam engaged in war with France in what was known as the first Indochina war . This war led Vietnam to be divided into two groups one consisting of the north part of Vietnam and the other the southern parts of the country . After this war , the northern part was taken by Vietnamese communists who had fought against France The aim of the northern empire was to unite Vietnam and to fully institute communist rule . The southern part was made up of Vietnamese who had aided France during the war . United States was opposed to communist rule and in 1965 , it sent troops to South Vietnam to ensure that the government did not collapse . However , the efforts of United States failed and in 1975 , communist unified Vietnam thus taking control of the country . During this war , it was approximated that almost 4 million Vietnamese in the whole country were killed with an addition of more than 1...