president harry s. truman was the president who sent troops to vietnam.
president harry s. truman was the president who sent troops to vietnam.
who was the president who sent troops to vietnam?
president harry s. truman
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between 1963 and 1965, south vietnam was extremely unstable as no government could keep power for long. there were more coups, often more than one every year. the communist-run viet cong expanded their operation and scored some significant military victories during this period. in 1965, us president lyndon johnson sent troops to south vietnam to secure the country and started to bomb north vietnam, assuming that if south vietnam fell to the communists, other countries in the southeast asia would follow, in accordance with the domino theory. other us allies, such as australia, new zealand, south korea, thailand, the philippines, and taiwan also sent troops to south vietnam. although the american-led troops succeeded in containing the advance of communist forces, the presence of foreign troops, the widespread bombing over all of vietnam, and the social vices that mushroomed around us bases upset the sense of national pride among many vietnamese, north and south, causing some to become sympathetic to north vietnam and the viet cong. in 1965, air marshal nguyễn cao kỳ and general nguyễn văn thiệu took power in a coup, and presided over a stable junta, and promised to hold elections under us pressure. in 1967, south vietnam managed to conduct a national assembly and presidential election with lt. general nguyễn văn thiệu being elected to the presidency, bringing the government to some level of stability.
history of vietnam since 1945