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Proxy/surrogate war is a war where two countries are helping a different country that are fighting. So they are not fighting directly.

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The cold war was not traditional because normally the countries actually fight. THey don't normally compete in stuff.

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Vietnam was fighting each other because north Vietnam wanted to start communism and south vietnam did not.

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The U.S. helped south Vietnam because they did not want anymore countries falling into communism. They fought against the USSR and north Vietnam.

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The USSR helped north vietnam because they wanted to spread communism and wanted everyone to have it. They fought against south vietnam and the U.S.

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Battle of Khe Sanh Tet Offensive March - the bloodiest Hamburger Hill ...The Fall of Saigon

All were to stop or make more communism

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The U.S. supported South Vietnam. The USSR supported North Vietnam. It was a proxy war because the U.S. and USSR did not actually fight each other, it was just like a smaller cold war.

Greenspan, Jesse. “Which Countries Were Involved in the Vietnam War?” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 14 June 2019, https://www.history.com/news/vietnam-war-combatants.

“The Vietnam War.” A Visual Guide to the Cold War, https://coldwar.unc.edu/theme/the-vietnam-war/.