Marijo Alves

November 10,2014

English 1101 D309

Assignment: The vietnam war

The vietnam war also known as the cold war from November 1,1955 to fall April 30 1975.  It was fought between North Vietnam whose allies were the Soviet Union, China and other communist allies.  South Vietnam were allies with the United states and other anti-communist allies.The United states got involved when the south was using way too much fire power.  That wasn’t their only issue with the North.  They wanted to stop the spread of communism America was anti communist so anything they could do to stop the spread of communism even go to war was necessary. This war was a war that changed history and had a huge impact on it. As any war it was horrible.  The united states got involved but to make sure that communism did not continue to spread world wide.