which countries were involved in the vietnam war?
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['France.', 'United States.', 'China.', 'Soviet Union.', 'Laos.', 'Cambodia.', 'South Korea and Other U.S. Allies.', 'Vietnam.']
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World War II the chief Allied powers were Great Britain, France (except during the German occupation, 1940–44), the Soviet Union (after its entry in June 1941), the United States (after its entry on December 8, 1941), and China.
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November 1, 1955 — President Eisenhower deploys the Military Assistance Advisory Group to train the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. This marks the official beginning of American involvement in the war as recognized by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. April 1956 — The last French troops leave Vietnam.
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The North Vietnamese attacked the US Navy in the Gulf of Tonkin. This incident gave the USA the excuse it needed to escalate the war. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution - US Congress gave President Lyndon Johnson permission to wage war on North Vietnam. The first major contingent of US Marines arrived in 1965.
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Lyndon B. Johnson: Foreign Affairs. The major initiative in the Lyndon Johnson presidency was the Vietnam War. By 1968, the United States had 548,000 troops in Vietnam and had already lost 30,000 Americans there.
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Johnson. At the time of Kennedy's assassination, U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War remained fairly limited. But that changed in August 1964, when the so-called Gulf of Tonkin incident prompted Congress to grant expansive war-making powers to newly installed President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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Vietnam War Protests: The Beginnings of a Movement In August 1964, North Vietnamese torpedo boats attacked two U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin, and President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered the retaliatory bombing of military targets in North Vietnam.
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The primary evidence for the domino theory is the spread of communist rule in three Southeast Asian countries in 1975, following the communist takeover of Vietnam: South Vietnam (by the Viet Cong), Laos (by the Pathet Lao), and Cambodia (by the Khmer Rouge).
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The USA became involved in Vietnam because it feared the spread of communism. The USA were unable to defeat the Vietcong and were met with growing opposition to the war back home.
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The United States entered the war to prevent the spread of communism. North Vietnam was communist and wanted to make North Vietnam and South Vietnam one country. The United States entered this war prevent the spread of communism over South- East Asia.
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It was fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union, China and North Korea, while South Vietnam was supported by the United States, South Korea, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
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['Afghanistan.', 'Algeria.', 'Belarus.', 'Burundi.', 'Camaroon.', 'Central African Republic.', 'Chad.', "China, The People's Republic of."]
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The U.S. entered the Vietnam War in an attempt to prevent the spread of communism, but foreign policy, economic interests, national fears, and geopolitical strategies also played major roles.
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What countries fought in World War II? The main combatants were the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and the Allies (France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and, to a lesser extent, China).
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Which main countries were involved in the Korean War? South Korea (Republic of Korea), North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), USA, USSR, and China.
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1. U.S. involvement in Vietnam began with Eisenhower. In the late 1950s, during the Eisenhower administration, Vietnam had split into North Vietnam, which was communist, and South Vietnam. Cold War anxieties dictated that if the North Vietnamese communists prevailed, the rest of Southeast Asia would fall like dominoes.
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['The Philippines, Burma, Dutch East Indies and Malaya (Indonesia and Malaysia today).', 'Singapore, which was then part of Malaya. ... ', 'Guam, and Wake, parts of the US colonial empire.', 'Laos, Cambodia, and Viet Nam. ... ', 'Manchuria, and as much of China as they wanted.']