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VIETNAM WAR. Myka Gonzales, Mike Bosserman, Nick Brenner. BEGINNING OF THE WAR. WHERE & WHO. »Occurred in North and South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. »The United States entered the war to prevent a communists takeover of South Vietnam as part of our wider strategy for containment.
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VIETNAM WAR Myka Gonzales, Mike Bosserman, Nick Brenner
WHERE & WHO »Occurred in North and South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. »The United States entered the war to prevent a communists takeover of South Vietnam as part of our wider strategy for containment. »US involvement escalated in the early 1960’s because of we feared the “Domino Theory” of expanding communists empires.
ENDING OF THE WAR »The capture of Saigon by the north vietnamese marked the end of the war in April 1975