USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Vietnam War (also known by other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam.

Detailed explanation-2: -Vietnam War, (1954–75), a protracted conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam and its allies in South Vietnam, known as the Viet Cong, against the government of South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States.

Detailed explanation-3: -Five American soldiers were killed in Vietnam during 1960. South Vietnamese armed forces numbered 146, 000 regulars and 97, 000 militia. They suffered 2, 223 killed in action. The number of VC combatants, counting both full-time and part-time guerrillas, was estimated at 15, 000.

Detailed explanation-4: -The 1960s was one of the most tumultuous and divisive decades in world history. The era was marked by the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War and antiwar protests, countercultural movements, political assassinations and the emerging “generation gap."

Detailed explanation-5: -The USA was afraid that communism would spread to South Vietnam and then the rest of Asia. It decided to send money, supplies and military advisers to help the South Vietnamese Government.