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The Vietnam War is considered the most controversial war ever in the United States. Americans never really understood the reason for the war. Technically, it wasn’t even our war to fight. The American people began to view their government differently. The nation was divided on its support for the war. In 1945, the French started to re-establish their colonial rule in Vietnam. However, the North Vietnamese, also known as Viet Cong, believed differently, and thought that they should rule in a communist fashion. The United States agreed to supply the French with weapons, so that they would be able to defeat the Viet Cong rebellion. This was America’s first step into the war and once they got involved, it was hard to get out. On August 2, 1964, the North Vietnamese attacked two US Destroyers and the Americans retaliated by air attacks. This event lead them one more step deeper into the war. By the end of 1964, the United States h