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A proxy war is when a major country plays a big role in directing a party to a conflict but does only a small part of the actual fighting. For example in the Vietnam war the United States helped South Vietnam and helped them in anyway that wasn't fighting.

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Why is a cold war not a traditional kind of war?

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Why is a cold war not a traditional kind of war?

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The Cold War is different from a traditional type of war because there isn't actual fighting. The reason it is still a "war" is because there is a lot of tension between the two countries and they had competitions like the Olympics where they would compete against each other.

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Why are the Vietnamese fighting each other in the early 1950s? 

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Why are the Vietnamese fighting each other in the early 1950s? 

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The Vietnamese were fighting each other because North Vietnam wanted South Vietnam to combine with them into one whole communist country. This is exactly like the Korean war because in the Korean war, North Korea wanted to combine with South Korea to be one communist country.

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What part or role did the United States play in the Vietnam War and WHY?

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What part or role did the United States play in the Vietnam War and WHY?

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The United States role in the Vietnam war was to help South Vietnam. The reason they did this was because they wanted to stop the spread of communism.

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July 1959: The first US soldiers were killed in Vietnam. This is significant because this shows that the US is trying to help South Vietnam
September 1960: Ho Chi Minh was replaced by Le Duan as head of North Vietnam's ruling communist party due to health reasons.
May 1961: John F. Kennedy sends helicopters and 400 Green Berets to South Vietnam. This is significant because this shows the US is doing everything they can to not help communism spread.
November 1963: President Kennedy is assassinated and Lyndon Johnson
July 1975: North and South Vietnam are unified as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam under communist rule. This is significant because it shows that that after 20 years after all this war North Vietnam won the war

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What part or role did the Soviet Union play in the Vietnam War and WHY?

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What part or role did the Soviet Union play in the Vietnam War and WHY?

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The Soviet Unions role in this war was helping North Vietnam. The reason they did this was to spread communism as much as they could.

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North Vietnam or Communist forces won the war. The major effects of this was now that North Vietnam and South Vietnam were now just one country. Another major effect was that Vietnam was now communist.

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The Vietnam war is part of the Cold War. The reason for this is because it created some more tension between the United States and the Soviet Union. The reason they had more tension is because they were basically fighting each other but not literally. Another reason this was apart of the Cold War is because now there is another country that is communist and would probably be on the Soviets Unions side the whole time. This connects to the Ukraine and Russia invasion today. The reason I say this is because Russia who is communist is invading Ukraine and trying to take them over. Also just like the Proxy war the United States and more countries are helping Ukraine without actually fighting for them.