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Proxy war being part of the larger Cold War 

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Proxy war being part of the larger Cold War 

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¨The most notable of these was the Vietnam War, which hung heavily over the 1960s and early 1970s. It was part of the overall Cold War confrontation and the American struggle against the spread of Communism in the world but did not involve a direct confrontation between the two superpowers.¨

¨They each supported a different side in the war. The Vietcong were Vietnamese rebels in the South who fought against the Southern Vietnam government and the United States.¨

The Vietnam War - The Cold War (1945–1989) - CVCE Website, www.cvce.eu/en/education/unit-content/-/unit/55c09dcc-a9f2-45e9-b240-eaef64452cae/5ad21c97-4435-4fd0-89ff-b6bddf117bf4.

“The Cold War.” Ducksters, www.ducksters.com/history/cold_war/vietnam_war.php.

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It severely affected the US economy with regular cities and citizens rejecting the Vietnam veterans

It also weakened the American military and morale. Because of all of the quitting and bad reputations after the war.

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May 7, 1954- the vietnamese took over a french base.
June 1, 1954-  The US conducted psychological warfare and paramilitary activities in South Vietnam. Starting at the beginning of the Vietnam war.
November 2, 1963- Ngo Dinh Diem is assassinated by his own generals as part of a coup d’état that is carried out with the tacit support of U.S. officials. But in return, there were lots of US troops dumped into Vietnam. With 200 already dead.
March 1, 1966- a program was created to send more US troops in support of the south of Vietnam. So as result there ended up being 185,000 us troops with 2,700 troops dead. But the significance was completed by supporting the south side
on March 29, 1973- the end of the Vietnam war and the last US transport was completed back to America.

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The role America and Russia played in the Vietnam War. 

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The role America and Russia played in the Vietnam War. 

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1) The role America played in America was trying to prevent the north side from falling to communism. and to help the south side with materials and food.

2) The role Russia played in the war was to encourage the south north side to turn communist and help them with supplies and food.

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The reason the Vietnamese were fighting in the 1950s 

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The reason the Vietnamese were fighting in the 1950s 

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The north side and the south side of Vietnam were fighting because each side wanted to have a different way of ruling. The north side wanted a nation that was communist and the south side wanted an economic way of ruling.

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The reason the Cold War was not a traditional war was because in vietnam korea as well as the berlin airlift. America And Russia never actually fought directly. They always used other countries as well as the olympics to compete.

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A Proxy/Surrogate War is when there is a conflict going on between two countries but either of them dont physically go to war. Because they would let two other countries go into war and the ones not fighting are supporting them with money supplies and food.