THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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to support an independent Vietnam
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. to maintain French control of Vietnam
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to keep the Chinese from invading Vietnam
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to block the spread of communism into Vietnam
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Detailed explanation-1: -Under President Harry Truman, the U.S. government provided covert military and financial aid to the French; the rationale was that a communist victory in Indochina would precipitate the spread of communism throughout Southeast Asia.
Detailed explanation-2: -Initially the United States had little interest in Vietnam and was equivocal about supporting France, but in 1950, due to an intensification of the Cold War and a fear that communism would prevail in Vietnam, the U.S. began providing financial and military support to French forces.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which of these is the main reason President Harry Truman sent military aid to French Indochina during the early 1950s? To block the spread of communism into Vietnam.
Detailed explanation-4: -But when France went to war to recolonize Vietnam in 1945, the U.S. government needed its ally’s cooperation to contain the spread of communism in Europe.
Detailed explanation-5: -2) WHAT TWO EVENTS CONVINCED TRUMAN TO HELP FRANCE IN VIETNAM.-THE FALL OF CHINA TO COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT AND THE OUT BREAK OF THE KOREAN WAR.