WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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The United States increased military involvement in Vietnam
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China supported North Korea during the Koran War
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Chiang Kai-shek established Nationalist China in Taiwan
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Ho Chi Minh supplied aid to guerrillas in South Vietnam
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Detailed explanation-1: -Gulf of Tonkin Resolution-US Congress gave President Lyndon Johnson permission to wage war on North Vietnam. The first major contingent of US Marines arrived in 1965. For the next ten years the USA’s involvement increased.
Detailed explanation-2: -The doctrine of containment argued that all-out war should be avoided, but the US should pledge itself to stopping any new communist governments, or preventing any existing communist governments from expanding.
Detailed explanation-3: -The policy of containment had failed militarily. Despite the USA’s vast military strength it could not stop the spread of communism . The guerrilla tactics used by the Vietcong and their absolute commitment to the cause, far outweighed the desire of the Americans to keep going.