Korean and Vietnam Wars The Korean War along with the Vietnam War were two wars that had many more similarities then differences. Both the Korean and Vietnam War tried achieve the same objective, and had the same involvement. The major differences came from the domestic support and international reaction. Both of the wars were fought for the simple reason of containing the communistic advances in the world. The American involvement was an attempt to stop communism before the domino effect could occur. The involvement of American troops in both wars was also about the same. In each case, the Americans send what they thought to be ad