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2 days ago · By nearly every metric, the Vietnam War was, in the common sense of the word, a war.The United States committed some 550,000 troops to the Vietnam front at the height of the conflict, suffered more than 58,000 casualties, and engaged in battle after battle with communist forces in the region until its withdrawal in 1973.
- The U.S. Role Grows
To the new administration of U.S. Pres. John F. Kennedy, who...
- Fall of Saigon
Vietnam War - Fall, Saigon, US Withdrawal: In early March...
- French Rule, Division, Conflict
The Vietnam War had its origins in the broader Indochina...
- My Lai Massacre
My Lai, a subdivision of Son My village, was located in the...
- Indochina Wars
Indochina wars, 20th-century conflicts in Vietnam, Laos, and...
- Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson put the Gulf of Tonkin...
- Gulf of Tonkin Incident
The Gulf of Tonkin incident was a complex naval event in the...
- Diem Regime, Viet Cong, Conflict
Summarize This Article The Diem regime and the Viet Cong....
- Tet Brings The War Home
Vietnam War - Tet Offensive, Homefront Impact, US Defeat:...
- The U.S. Role Grows
5 days ago · As Lyndon Johnson recalled of Vietnam in his 1971 memoir, “It was a political war, an economic war, and a fighting war—all at the same time.” 7 Moreover, American political and military leaders found that Cold War calculations mattered just as much as the fighting inside South Vietnam. Fears of appearing weak against communism compelled ...
1 day ago · Civilian: 14,300 killed, 24,000 wounded, and 630,000 refugees [16] The Tet Offensive [a] was a major escalation and one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War. The Viet Cong (VC) and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) launched a surprise attack on January 30, 1968 against the forces of the South Vietnamese Army of ...
- Phase 1: January 20 – March 20, 1968, (1 month and 4 weeks), Phase 2: May 5 – June 15, 1968, (1 month, 1 week and 3 days), Phase 3: August 9 – September 23, 1968, (1 month and 2 weeks)
- U.S. and South Vietnam tactical victory, North Vietnam and Viet Cong political and strategic victory (see aftermath for details and long-term consequences)
4 days ago · Digitized Vietnam War records from the National Archives. Includes: Vietnam War Casualty and POW/MIA Records, Vietnam War Fatal Casualty Statistics, State Lists of U. S. Fatal Casualties of the Vietnam War, and Electronic Data Records Relating to Military Objectives and Activities During the Vietnam War.
- Mikha Mitchell
- 2016
1 day ago · Casualties of War (1987) is based on the true story of a group of American soldiers during the Vietnam War who commit a horrific crime against a young Vietnamese woman.
1 day ago · List of battles by casualties. The following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in world history. The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but usually yielding similar combat-related or civilian deaths) and civilian casualties during the battles. Large battle casualty counts are usually impossible to ...
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