WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The US justified its military intervention in Vietnam by the domino theory, which stated that if one country fell under the influence of Communism, the surrounding countries would inevitably follow. The aim was to prevent Communist domination of South-East Asia. In 1961, President John F.

Detailed explanation-2: -July 1965: President Johnson calls for 50, 000 more ground troops to be sent to Vietnam, increasing the draft to 35, 000 each month. August 1965: In Operation Starlite, some 5, 500 U.S. Marines strike against the First Viet Cong Regiment in the first major ground offensive by U.S. forces in Vietnam.

Detailed explanation-3: -Learn about the war that enmeshed the United States in a battle against communism in Southeast Asia for more than twenty years.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

Detailed explanation-5: -In January 1973, the United States and North Vietnam concluded a final peace agreement, ending open hostilities between the two nations. War between North and South Vietnam continued, however, until April 30, 1975, when DRV forces captured Saigon, renaming it Ho Chi Minh City (Ho himself died in 1969).