How Did The United States Prevent The Vietnam War?

The Vietnam War was the longest war in which the United States took part in. This heart breaking war began in 1957. Vietnam is a small country in Southeast Asia that was divided into the Communist-Democratic Republic of Vietnam, known as North Vietnam, and the non-Communist Republic of Vietnam, called South Vietnam. North Vietnamese and Communist-trained South Vietnamese rebel’s goals were to overthrow the government of South Vietnam and to eventually reunite the country as one. The United States and the South Vietnamese armies tried to stop this but soon realize that this was a challenge.
At the time, Vietnam was part of the French colonial empire in Indochina. The United States sent France military help but the French was easily defeated in 1954.This conflict then split Vietnam into two. The United States aided France and later on non-communist South Vietnam. The Vietnam War was a conflict between the forces of the South Vietnamese and United States military against the North Vietnamese government, army, and the Vietcong. This Cold War led to many casualties to both sides of the factions.
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troops fought a jungle war, mostly against the well-supplied Viet Cong. The Viet Cong would attack in ambushes, set up booby traps, and escape through a complex network of underground tunnels. For U.S. forces, even just finding their enemy proved to be a very difficult task. Since the Viet Cong hid in the dense brush, U.S. forces would drop napalm bombs which cleared an area by causing the leaves to drop off or to burn away. This was a tactical strategically to show the location of hidden Vietcong’s. In every village, U.S. troops had difficulty determining which villagers were the enemies. This was because the women and children could build booby traps or help house and feed the Viet Cong. U.S. soldiers commonly became frustrated with the fighting conditions in Vietnam. Many U.S. soldiers suffered from low morale became angry, and some became