The War in Vietnam

The Vietnam War was another essential part of the Cold War. It began roughly in the mid 1950's. After defeating France, Vietnam had split into two sections: anti-Communist South and Communist North. Not long after that, South Vietnam formed a military group called the Viet Cong to overthrow their leader, with which the USA helped. After North Vietnam's "Tet Offensive", many American citizens turned against the war. When Nixon became president, he pulled many of our soldiers back to let South Vietnam fight their own battles. After this, the US was basically out of the Vietnam war. South Vietnam surrendered to North shortly after we left.