Vietnam+Path+to+War

The U.S was involved in Vietnam for many reasons. For the basics, Vietnam was a French country. But Ho Chi Minh led a communist movement against France to make Vietnam communist. The French arrest him but he escapes to the Soviet Union. Vietnam was taken over by Japan and they get kicked out by France and France rules again. The Vietamese fight against the France and win their freedom. Ngo Dihn Diem rules south Vietnam and takes up democracy.

The U.S sent military advisors to France to keep Indochina. Ngo Dihn Diem rules South Vietnam and Kennedy doesn't like him. Ngo Dihn Diem is killed. Johnson doesn't want to escalate the war so he stays patient. But he knows that he needs to stop communism. In the Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam ships attack U.S patrol ships and thus starts the war. Operation Rolling Thunder was set in Vietnam. This was when the U.S dropped bombs on Vietnam. In 1965, the U.S sent troops and marines into Vietnam