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. For the French and their U.S. allies, however, it was a war against communism. The Indochina War went on until 1954, when France suffered a crucial defeat at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu and sued for peace.
In the decades after the departure of the last U.S. combat troops from Vietnam in March 1973 and the fall of Saigon to communist North Vietnamese forces in April 1975, Americans have been unable to agree on how to characterize the long, costly and ultimately unsuccessful U.S. military involvement in Indochina.
. For the French and their U.S. allies, however, it was a war against communism. The Indochina War went on until 1954, when France suffered a crucial defeat at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu and sued for peace.
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In the decades after the departure of the last U.S. combat troops from Vietnam in March 1973 and the fall of Saigon to communist North Vietnamese forces in April 1975, Americans have been unable to agree on how to characterize the long, costly and ultimately unsuccessful U.S. military involvement in Indochina.
The Cold War cause the United States to begin trying to stop the spread of communism, intervening in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.