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What Caused The Vietnam War ?
The Vietnam War, also called the Second Indochina War, is believed to be a continuation of the first Indochinese War. The first war between Vietnam and France started in the year 1946 and continued up to 1954. Vietnam won the war, and the French had to agree to the country’s demands. |
This was followed by the Geneva conference. World leaders as well as the representatives of the winning country, namely Cambodia and Laos participated and drafted the Geneva Accords. This highlighted the agreements of both France and Vietnam.
It was decided that North Vietnam would be ruled by Ho Chi Minh and Bao Dai would be the emperor of South Vietnam. However, this agreement was soon broken and South Vietnam did not call for elections. This resulted in the Second Indochina War, also called Vietnam War.
Another explanation to the cause of the war is the role played by the United States. North Vietnam became a communist country and US did not want communism to spread further to the south also. The US was insecure that if South Vietnam also became a communist country, the same governance would spread to the neighboring nations like Korea and Laos and other Southeast Asian countries. If India and China were to become communists under the same influence, then the entire Asian continent would be full of communist nations that would join together and destroy the US and other democratic European countries. Hence, the US resorted to stopping the spread of communism by becoming a part of the Vietnam War.
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