The Vietnam war was, in the eyes of the American government was a war against communism. The North Koreans were communists and they wanted to take over the south and make a unified communist country. On the other hand the South Koreans wanted to be a Democratic nation separate from the communist north. China and Russia backed the north and the united states backed the south. Then north Korea invaded the south. The Vietnam war is the longest war in American history. It spanned through three different prsidents.
One of the things that made the Vietnam war so difficult for the Americans to win was the environment that the war was fought in. There was a lot of disease and It was hard for the American soldiers to fight in the area. Also the North Vietnamese army used guirelle tactics. Rather then just facing the American army they used a ton of hit and run attacks. Anouther problem for us was that the North was willing to lose just about anything to win and we were not.
I have a personal involvement with the Vietnam war. My grandpa was a full colonel in the army and was an airborne ranger. He deployed twice to the war.
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