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Sep 13, 2017 · • June 1940: Nazi Germany takes control of France. • September 1940: Japanese troops invade French Indochina and occupy Vietnam with little French resistance. • May 1941: Ho Chi Minh and...
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Nov 18, 2023 · Vietnam War (1954–75), conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam and its allies in South Vietnam, the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. It was part of a larger regional conflict as well as a manifestation of the Cold War.
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- Why did the Vietnam War start?The United States had provided funding, armaments, and training to South Vietnam’s government and military since Vietnam’s partition into the commu...
- Was the Vietnam War technically a war?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...
- Who won the Vietnam War?The question of who won the Vietnam War has been a subject of debate, and the answer depends on the definition of victory. Those who argue that the...
- How many people died in the Vietnam War?In 1995 Vietnam released its official estimate of the number of people killed during the Vietnam War: as many as 2,000,000 civilians on both sides...
The U.S. involvement in Vietnam began due to a combination of factors: the U.S. war with Japan in the Pacific, domestic pressure to act against communism after the communist victory in the Chinese Civil War, Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong 's pledge in 1950 to support the Viet Minh guerrilla forces in the First Indochina War against France 's colon...
June 1, 1954 The Saigon Military Mission, a covert operation to conduct psychological warfare and paramilitary activities in South Vietnam, is launched under the command of U.S. Air Force Col. Edward Lansdale. This marks the beginning of the Vietnam War.