vietnam war

soldiers carrying a wounded soldier

The Vietnam War was a result of communism. The Soviet Union was trying to spread their beliefs of communism around the whole world. Vietnam were divided into two sections, North Vietnam and South Vietnam. the north side were communist the south were not. The U.S was totally against communism,so right away they took side of the South Vietnamese. this war was a very gruesome war because North Vietnam troops  would dress like civilians would hide in bars and taverns and such and when the U.S troops came in they would get massacre. A new type of weapon was used in this called napalm, which was like a explosive fiery bomb, which was very deadly and left a trail of flame. This war was a very deadly war because of the cruel warfare of the North Vietnamese. The U.S. went through most of their current troops so they had to use draft cards which every physically able man  had. this called them to war at any time if they were needed. since  this war was costing the U.S. many troops many draft cards were called. this meant many men of America were called to war. this also caused many protesters complaining about their sons, husbands or friends, dying in this war. This war was not actually won by the U.S. but they didn't lose either, they left before the North won. This is the only war the U.S. didn't win. The U.S involvement happened after the French left the Vietnam so the U.S. basically took the French's place in defending South Vietnam from Communism. This war ended with North Vietnam winning. Now it is just called Vietnam.