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How as the Vietnam war part of the Cold War?

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How as the Vietnam war part of the Cold War?

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Vietnam was part of the cold war because while the Soviet Union wanted to spread communism through Vietnam, the US was trying to stop the spread. This caused to be in the middle while both countries indirectly fought over world domination.

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What part or role does the Soviet Union play in the Vietnam War?

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What part or role does the Soviet Union play in the Vietnam War?

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The Soviet Union was an ally to the North. It aided North Vietnam by supplying troops and weapons in order to spread communism.

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-1945- Geneva Accords were signed that split Vietnam into two.
-1955- Ngo Dinh Diem becomes the leader of South Vietnam while Ho Chi Minh leads the north
-1962- Operation chopper, the first time U.S forces participated in major combat in the Vietnam war.
-1963- Ngo Dinh Diem and his brothers were murdered shortly before Kennedy was assassinated
-1965- 185,000 U.S troops were sent to Vietnam

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What part or role does the United States play in the Vietnam War?

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What part or role does the United States play in the Vietnam War?

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The US was an ally to the south. It sent money, supplies, and military advisors to help the South Vietnamese government. The US didn't want communism to spread.

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Why were the Vietnamese fighting each other?

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Why were the Vietnamese fighting each other?

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The north was trying to create a communist government but the south was against communism.

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How is the cold war not a traditional kind of war?

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How is the cold war not a traditional kind of war?

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The Us and the Soviet Union did not fight each other directly.

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A surrogate/proxy war is a war between two nations that is on the behalf of other parties.

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History.com Editors. “Vietnam War.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 29 Oct. 2009, https://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnam-war-history.

“Vietnam War.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., https://www.britannica.com/event/Vietnam-War.