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In 1947, President Harry Truman stated that the policy of the U.S. is to assist any country that is threatened by communism. It's later was known as the Truman Doctrine. In 1950, the U.S. sends assistance military to France to go against Viet Minh who was identified as a communist threat. In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower said the fall of the French Indochina could create a domino effect in the southeast parts of Asia. https://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnam-war-timeline

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According to the Defense Casualty Analysis System, or DCAS, contain records of 58,220 U.S. military casualties from the Vietnam War. It wasn't until 1995 for Vietnam to release their estimate of casualties. Almost 2 million civilians on both sides were killed. The U.S. stated that between 200,000 and 250,000 Vietnamese soldiers died in the war. https://www.britannica.com/event/Vietnam-War

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The war mostly took place mainly in Vietnam. As the war went on it expanded to the North and South and even towards Cambodia and Laos who shared eastern borders with Vietnam. https://thevietnamwar.info/where-did-the-vietnam-war-take-place/

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The war started around November of 1955 and ended around April 1975. In 1954 the French were beaten by the Vietnam military. In 1975, North Vietnam captured the Vietnamese capital of Saigon. https://www.reference.com/history/long-vietnam-war-6d14a7a58e01502e?qo=contentSimilarQuestions