why was the vietnam war fought kids
The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, and also known in Vietnam as Resistance War Against America or simply the American War, was a Cold War-era proxy war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. Vietnam is a small country in Southeast Asia. 2  The Vietnam War was the longest war in which the United States took part. 3  The Vietnam War began in 1957 and ended in 1975. 4  Vietnam was separated into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.