which president started the viet nam war?

Answer 1

The conflict of Vietnam started in the administration of John F. Kennedy in the 1960's and lasted until 1974, when we withdrew our troop from Vietnam. In the 1960's we only had advisers, training the Vietnam Army. Later on we the USA had to take over the conflict.

Answer 2

Félix Gouin.

The war was started by France in 1945, directly after Japan's surrender. After a long war with the Vietnamese nationalists, the Vietmihn, they eventualy agreed to an armastice in which the French troops would withdraw to the southern half of the country and the Vietmihn to the northern half.

Part of the deal was that both militaries would establish provisional governements that were going to help organize a nationwide election for the new Vietnamese government (to replace the Japanese one that had been ruling the country). But when election time came around hte provisional government of the south refused to allow the people in the south to take part in them (declaring that they had so much support that they would win the election no matter what, so there was no need for one).

This sparked the creation of the Vietcong, who were trying to overthow the south Vietnamese dictatorship and establish a democratic governement along with the north. But Kennedy was convinced the Vietcong were working for the Soviet Union, so his government staged the Gulf of Tonkin incident to justify sending troops.

The funny thing is, Vietnam would have probably turned out to be a western style democracy. But Ho Chi Mihn, the leader of the NVA who supported democracy, die of old age during the war, and undemocratic elements of his government took over after him, which is why Vietnam is now a communist dictatorship.

Answer 3

President Eisenhower sent advisors to Vietnam in 1954
to help the French, but it didn't really get started until
President John F. Kennedy sent Special Forces there in
1960 or 1961. After JFK's assassination in 1963, President Lyndon B. Johnson Increased the troop levels after 1964.Do a Yahoo Search on the Vietnam War and it'll give you better info on the war.

Answer 4

Kennedy sent in the advisers, which is when it first got into the press. Johnson took over from Kennedy, and was the first to commit combat troops after the Tonkin Gulf Incident happened. There's lots of history on this, easy to find on the internet, and lots of blame for both sides of the political aisle. Nixon, for all his later faults, got us out of Viet Nam.

Answer 5

Lyndon B JOHNSON retailated to the bogus GULF of Tonkin incident by BOMBING North Vietnam..he also landed the Marines in August 1965..he is responsible MORE than any other President , although we was meddling under the Kennedy and Eisenhower admins..military advisors and such crap.

WE LOST BECAUSE we DESERVED to lose ..but we won the body count. There was billions of dollars made on that war in the USA by those that supported the WAR. WAR is a BUSINESS in our evil nation

The USA totally disgraced itself by killing millions during that war, FINALLY congress cut off the money for the WAR...that finally ended it. LBJ was a war criminal no less than Saddam

Answer 6

For all those who are answering Kennedy, you are wrong.

The Vietnam War was started by the French. As an ally to the French, the US provided military advisors to help train the south Vietnamese armies. This support was started under Truman. When Kennedy took office he inreased the levels of support. However, it is Johnson that escalated the war to the massive levels that we are familiar with. And as a side note, it was Ford that completed the withdrawl from Vietnam.

Answer 7

people forget we had troops in china and burma and we fought the japanese in viet nam along side the viet namese and then we supplied them with airborne supplies to fight the japanese and we had a OSS presence when the vichey government surrendered to the free french after the war ww2 then we supplied the french as they tried to maintain control over all of vietnam because of the largest rubber plantation in the world michelin and the french surrender at dien ben phu included american observers so we got into viet nam in the late 1940 and never left and we sent advisors to train the catholic south in 1950 on we sent regular troops like the marines later as advisors ,,

Answer 8

It was started while JFK was president, very true, but look up history. The US tried to send our military to help secure Nam...LBJ actually started the process of getting our people OUT of there, but Nixon got the credit...again look up history. I think BOTH LBD and Nixon should get the credit...while were at it...rub a little of that credit on Ford...he got the rest home that Nixon couldn't or wouldn't.

Answer 9

July 26, 1950 - United States military involvement in Vietnam begins as President Harry Truman authorizes $15 million in military aid to the French.

American military advisors will accompany the flow of U.S. tanks, planes, artillery and other supplies to Vietnam. Over the next four years, the U.S. will spend $3 Billion on the French war and by 1954 will provide 80 percent of all war supplies used by the French.

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/vietnam/index-1945.html

Answer 10

I'm a thinkin it was Lyndon Johnson (Banes? middle name). It was alot like or current Iraq situation.
"we'll just send in adviser's/OK maybe a few military adviser's/well now we need some support troops/ oh oh not enough lets send in more troops!" on and on it kept going.
Although Kennedy and Nixon both get credit too! I lived on base in Hawaii and all I ever wanted to be-then
anyway- was a soldier. I turned 18 in 77-squeaked by! I do remember many faces from 67-71 on base young boys and now Ive got 2 sons and here we come Canada!