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so japan was looking to increase their empire during WWII, they went into Asia and started to take over

which was also pushing the communist parts of Asia back into China and up through N.Vietnam

once the US had bombed their homes in those cities, the Japanese armies headed back home to take care of their loved ones and such

once they all left, it left a huge hole in the countries they had previously occupied which the communists filled by coming down

yes, at the time, the US was allies with the French

and to help protect French Indo-China, the US assisted them in the mid 50's (circa 1955)

i don't know why the French left, but the US stayed to try to keep the communist armies in the north

but by the 60's, the US were fully engaged in S.Vietnam against the N.Vietnamese armies