How America became increasingly involved in VietnamAmerica - The leading world power in the 1940s, unrivaled by anything else than the growing fog of communism. The fog that started in the USSR and spread throughout the world. America had devised a theory, the "domino effect", which will be explained in detail later, but quite simply, Americans believed that if one country fell to communism, then neighboring countries would also become communist, like dominoes falling under the weight of others. . America believed in “containing” communism and not allowing it to spread across continents. They aimed to achieve this by effectively controlling a country with an unshakable democracy in order to stop the next “domino” fall. Eastern Europe had come under the veil of communism and was effectively under Russian domination. Communism was beginning to pressure the Indochinese country into submission, the first country to move towards communist ways was that of Vietnam, the first domino. The internal parties, mainly the Vietminh which was under the control of Ho ChiMinh, a communist believer and an influential and influential person, exerted pressure on the population of the country as well as external pressure from the imposing communist countries that are China and Russia, “the red giants”. '. This relatively small country had not been independent since 1859, when the French captured Saigon after years of fierce fighting. Then hope arose in a dark time, World War II was raging across Europe, France was falling under the waves of oppression from Germany. French troops stationed in Vietnam were instantly ...... middle of paper ...... with "advisors" and equipment for the South Vietnamese army. Two aircraft carriers would then be attacked, which would then give the “green light” to bomb North Vietnam. This sparked NVA (North Vietnamese Army) attacks throughout the country of South Vietnam, leading the United States to deploy marines to South Vietnam. Simple logic would assume that the way to stop the spread of communism in South Vietnam was to “cut off the head.” the beast and the ground troops in North Vietnam. But the political implications would be enormous, as North Vietnam benefited from the support of China and Russia, the “RedGiants”. American money and men began flowing into the country, which never had an overall effect. The “death count” statistics would show that the United States and the South Vietnamese were winning. Nothing could be further from the truth …