Vietnam War

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The Vietnam War was a protracted Cold War-era conflict in Southeast Asia, primarily between communist North Vietnam and U.S.-backed South Vietnam, that profoundly shaped global politics, military strategy, and American society.

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instanceOf Cold War conflict
proxy war
war
alsoKnownAs Resistance War Against America (in Vietnam)
linked to: Vietnam War

Second Indochina War
linked to: Vietnam War
belligerentSide North Vietnam and Viet Cong
South Vietnam and United States and allies
linked to: Republic of Vietnam
casualtiesEstimate over 2,000,000 Vietnamese civilians and soldiers killed
over 58,000 United States military deaths
cause containment of communism
division of Vietnam after First Indochina War
conflictBetween North Vietnam
South Vietnam
linked to: Republic of Vietnam

South Vietnam anti-communist forces
United States
Viet Cong
endDate 1975-04-30
endedWith Fall of Saigon
followedBy Cambodian–Vietnamese War
boat people refugee crisis
hasParticipant Australia
Cambodia
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Laos
New Zealand
People's Republic of China
linked to: China

Republic of Vietnam
South Korea
Soviet Union
Thailand
United States Armed Forces
Viet Cong
ideologicalContext anti-communism
communism
involvedWeapon Agent Orange
B-52 strategic bombers
napalm
keyConcept counterinsurgency warfare
domino theory
guerrilla warfare
mainTheater Southeast Asia
majorCommander Ho Chi Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
Nguyen Hue (Nguyen Chi Thanh and other PAVN leaders often associated)
Nguyen Van Thieu
Vo Nguyen Giap
William Westmoreland
mediaAspect first televised war
notableBattle Battle of Dien Bien Phu is related as precursor conflict
Battle of Hue
Battle of Ia Drang
Battle of Khe Sanh
notableOperation Operation Linebacker
Operation Linebacker II
Operation Rolling Thunder
partOf Cold War
peaceAgreement Paris Peace Accords
place Cambodia
Laos
Vietnam
linked to: Viet Nam
politicalImpact U.S. War Powers Resolution
U.S. domestic anti-war movement
precededBy First Indochina War
relatedConflict Cambodian Civil War
Laotian Civil War
result Communist victory
Fall of Saigon
Reunification of Vietnam
linked to: Fall of Saigon
significantEvent Easter Offensive
Gulf of Tonkin incident
My Lai massacre
Operation Rolling Thunder
Paris Peace Accords
Tet Offensive
socialImpact Vietnam syndrome in United States
startDate 1955-11-01

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Martin Luther King Jr. opposed Vietnam War
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Cold War hasSignificantEvent Vietnam War
Paris Peace Accords negotiations on the Vietnam War involvesConflict Second Indochina War
linked to: Vietnam War
USASC conflictInvolved Vietnam War
Silver Star conflict Vietnam War
Life covered Vietnam War
Vietnam War alsoKnownAs Second Indochina War
linked to: Vietnam War
Vietnam War alsoKnownAs Resistance War Against America (in Vietnam)
linked to: Vietnam War
1st Marine Division conflict Vietnam War
subject linked to: Blue Diamond
military payment certificates usedDuring Vietnam War
Vietnam historicalEvent Vietnam War
subject linked to: Viet Nam
Le Duc Tho conflict Vietnam War
Xuan Thuy participantIn Vietnam War
Xuan Thuy conflict Vietnam War
Nguyen Van Thieu conflict Vietnam War
White House Years subject Vietnam War
The Old Breed conflict Vietnam War
Andersen Air Force Base usedDuring Vietnam War
1968 Indiana Democratic presidential primary tookPlaceDuring Vietnam War era
linked to: Vietnam War
Chuck Yeager conflict Vietnam War
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7th Marine Regiment conflict Vietnam War
11th Marine Regiment conflict Vietnam War
3rd Marine Division conflict Vietnam War