Overview of the Vietnam War

In the 1950's the United States, began to send armed forces over to Vietnam, for the following 20 plus years the ongoing war would create major tensions throughout U.S. History. Nearly 3 million U.S. service men and women were sent thousands of miles away from home, to fight for a rather questionable cause. In total nearly 2 and a half million people from both the U.S. and Vietnam would die in a fight that had no true point.
<Tab/>For the majority of Vietnams history, the country has been ruled by the Chinese, but in 1860 France would begin it's domination over the area an…