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Who started the Vietnam war?
by baud147258 8y ago
Who started the Vietnam war?
- Gibbon1 8y agoThe French in the mid 19th century.
- arethuza 8y agoI don't think it does have a single simple cause. You could argue: - It was the French colonizing the country and imposing a nasty explotative regime - The French for refusing to decolonize the country post WW2 and fightning (and losing) a war to retain their colony - The US for refusing to help Ho Chi Minh when asked - The US for helping the French - The corrupt and brutal South Vietnamese regime propped up by the US - The brutal North Vietnam regime encouraged by the Soviets and Chinese to fight a proxy war against the West - The US for escalating after the Gulf of Tonkin incident
- baud147258 8y agoWell, I realised that my question wasn't very precise, still thank you for taking the time to answer it.
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- ionised 8y agoThe US or the French, depending on when you think the conflict started.