How Did The Us Win The Vietnam War

The Vietnam War The Vietnam War began on November 1st, 1955 and officially ended on April 30th, 1975. It began because of South Asian countries falling to communism. There was a term called the “domino theory” which states that when one country falls to communism, the surrounding countries fall soon after, causing a domino effect to ensue. Therefore, when Vietnam began to fall into communism, the United States was determined to stop the spread of communism in South Asia by stopping the source: Vietnam. During the war, Vietnam split into two states: North and South Vietnam. The South hadn’t fallen to communism and it was led by Ngo Dinh Diem. On the other hand, the North had fallen to communism and it was led by Ho Chi Mihn. Despite the fact
The reason Nixon took the decision to withdraw was because of what Americans thought. Support for the War was shrinking whilst the number of people against the war continued to grow. This put a lot of pressure on Nixon from the Vietnamese and the Americans. Eventually, the United States decided to withdraw, leaving South Vietnam to fight alone. South Vietnam fighting on their own led to many casualties from both the North and the South with an estimation of almost a million deaths and 10 million left homeless. This was a loss to South Vietnam because they fell to the North and eventually, the entirety of Vietnam was a communist country. Whether or not the United States should have participated in the War at all is a dilemma still discussed today. Had the United States continued to fight, the number of casualties would have likely been more because of the American deaths; however, it’s possible that the South wouldn’t have fallen to communism. However, the argument is that the United States was determined to stop other countries from falling to communism, so leaving Vietnam was contradictory to what they supported, seeing as though they left the South to fight by