The North Vietnamese<span> government and the Viet Cong were fighting to reunify </span>Vietnam<span>. They viewed the conflict as a colonial </span>war<span> and a continuation of the First Indochina </span>War<span> against forces from France and later on the United States.Beginning in 1950, American military advisors arrived in what was then French Indochina.</span>
The North Vietnamese government and the Viet Cong were fighting to reunify Vietnam. They viewed the conflict as a colonial war and a continuation of the First Indochina War against forces from France and later on the United States. ... Beginning in 1950, American military advisors arrived in what was then French Indochina.
When did the Vietnam war start?November 1, 1955 – April 30, 1975
As World War II came to an end, Europe became indelibly divided into east and west. ... Western European countries were largely democratic, while Eastern European nations mostly had socialist governments that were mere puppet regimes of the Soviet Union.