In 1954, Vietnam is a divided nation, with Communists controlling the North, and anti-Communists in the South. The U.S. and Russia, engaged in a tense Cold War, begin providing support and ...

North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union and China, while South Vietnam was supported by the United States and other anti-communist nations. The conflict was a major proxy war of the Cold ...

the bombing of military targets in North Vietnam. Vietnam is a long way from America, so why did the US get involved in this conflict? The Cold War 1961-1972 - OCR A Just as the 1960s started ...

With the Cold War intensifying, Vietnam is divided in two at Geneva. Communists in the north aim to reunify the country, while America supports Ngo Dinh Diem's untested regime in the south.

Vietnam War Supplies being carried through jungle routes from North Vietnam to the South on the Ho Chi Minh trail These efforts to ‘manage’ the Cold War and to improve relations with the ...