need information on how the war started, not the actual war just how it started. thanks
2006-10-12 00:38:18 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Actually the french started it,, shite themselves, and left it to the yanks to carry the shite for them...
2006-10-12 00:46:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The conflict in Vietnam started with the French. After the French lost the war, we went into there under a Police Action. There never was a "war" in Vietnam between the North Vietnam regime and the American troops.
2006-10-12 00:41:25 · answer #2 · answered by Southie9 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is also known as Vietnam Conflict, the Second Indochina War and in the US colloquially as Vietnam, The ’Nam or simply Nam. Vietnamese Communists have often referred to it as the American War or Kháng chiến chống Mỹ, the Resistance War Against America.
The Vietnam War was a conflict in which communist forces from the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV or North Vietnam) and the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam, also known as the Việt Cộng (or VC) fought against anti-communist forces from the Republic of Vietnam (RVN or South Vietnam) and its allies — most notably the United States — in an effort to unify Vietnam into a single independent state.
The war followed the failure of Vietnamese nationalists, in the form of the Viet Minh, to achieve control of southern Vietnam in their fight for independence from France, in the First Indochina War of 1946-54.
2006-10-12 00:47:01 · answer #3 · answered by Liz^24 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God, another homework question. I would say use Google, but.
Vietnam was never, as far as the US is concerned, a war - No declaration. It was a conflict.
The VC did nasty things to the French in order to persuade them to leave (Dien Ben Fu) - sorry about spelling.
This meant that the Commies were in danger of continuing their global expansion. The Americans therefore sent troops in to support a puppet - US freindly - government (See Iraq for historical repitition.).
The Commies did not like this and using Chinese support, set about persuading them to leave.
Thats my 10p worth. Now go and read about it, as this answer might only get you an F.
2006-10-12 00:55:22 · answer #4 · answered by Alice S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
after world war 2 , it all started, the french trying to build his empire again in indochina, but natioalist ho chi minh refused, and the great battle of sien dien phu, where the french army lost the war and the great american army acted as a big baffoon defending the so called democracy in truth , trying to establish the great american influence in the south china seas, until the great american retreat in april 1974, where a humble third nation defeated the great american military,
2006-10-12 00:50:51 · answer #5 · answered by lepactodeloupes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try going to the link below which will take you to "The Wiki Answers community".
It is a link to a similar question and the answers there should help I think.
2006-10-14 20:15:05 · answer #6 · answered by Sue 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
coz some sad muppet messed with a monkey
2006-10-15 05:55:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was- guess who -the Americans who started it, because they didn't like the Vietnamese democratically electing a Communist government.
2006-10-12 00:41:42 · answer #8 · answered by Kango Man 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
2006-10-12 00:40:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
communism. blame lenin. apparently...
2006-10-12 00:40:47 · answer #10 · answered by Beechy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋