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The Vietnam War (Vietnamese: Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America (Vietnamese: Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War, was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.
- Ho Chi Minh
Early life. Hồ Chí Minh was born as Nguyễn Sinh Cung in 1890...
- Leaders of The Vietnam War
Nguyễn Cao Kỳ (8 September 1930 – 23 July 2011). Nguyễn Cao...
- Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive (Vietnamese: Sự kiện Tết Mậu Thân 1968),...
- Fall of Saigon
The Fall of Saigon, also known as the Liberation of Saigon,...
- South Vietnam
South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN;...
- Viet Cong
During the war, communist insurgents and anti-war activists...
- Ho Chi Minh
Vietnam War (Chiến tranh Việt Nam) Part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War: Clockwise, from top left: U.S. combat operations in Ia Drang, ARVN Rangers defending Saigon during the 1968 Tet Offensive, two A-4C Skyhawks after the Gulf of Tonkin incident, ARVN recapture Quảng Trị during the 1972 Easter Offensive, civilians fleeing the 1972 Battle of Quảng Trị, burial of 300 victims ...
- 1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975, (19 years, 5 months, 4 weeks and 1 day)
- Decisive North Vietnamese victory, U. S. military and political defeat, Withdrawal of American forces from Indochina, Communist governments take power in South Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, South Vietnam is annexed by North Vietnam
- South Vietnam, North Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos
- Unification of North and South Vietnam into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Vietnam War – Cold War-era proxy war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War (1946–54) and was fought between North Vietnam —supported by Communist nations such as the Soviet Union and China —and the government of South Vietnam ...
Vietnam War (Chiến tranh Việt Nam) Pairt o the Indocheenae Wars an the Cauld War: Clockwise, frae tap left: US combat operations in Ia Drang, ARVN Rangers defendin Saigon during the 1968 Tet Offensive, twa Douglas A-4C Skyhawks enroute for airstrikes against North Vietnam efter the Gulf o Tonkin incident, ARVN recaptur Quảng Trị during the 1972 Easter Offensive, ceevilians fleein the ...
- December 1956 – 30 Apryle 1975, (18 years, 4 months, 4 weeks and 1 day)
- Communist decisive victory, U. S. military an political defeat, Communist govrenments tak pouer in Sooth Vietnam, Cambodie an Laos, Sooth Vietnam is annexed bi North Vietnam
- Sooth Vietnam, North Vietnam, Cambodie, Laos, Thailand
- Unification o North an Sooth Vietnam intae the Socialist Republic o Vietnam.
The Sino-Vietnamese War (Vietnamese: Chiến tranh biên giới Việt-Trung) is also known as the Third Indochina War, in order to distinguish it from the First Indochina War, and the Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War. In Vietnam, the conflict is known as the War against Chinese expansionism.
- 17 February – 16 March 1979, (3 weeks and 6 days)
- Chinese withdrawal from Vietnam, Continued Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia until 1989, Continuation of border clashes between China and Vietnam until 1990
- China–Vietnam border
- Chinese occupation of Vietnamese territory along Cao Bằng and Lạng Sơn, and the Spratly Islands along maritime borders.
The defeat of the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) in a battle in January set off a furious debate in the United States on the progress being made in the war against the Viet Cong (VC) in South Vietnam. Assessments of the war flowing into the higher levels of the U.S. government in Washington, D.C. were wildly ...
1973 in the Vietnam War began with a peace agreement, the Paris Peace Accords, signed by the United States and South Vietnam on one side of the Vietnam War and communist North Vietnam and the insurgent Viet Cong on the other. Although honored in some respects, the peace agreement was violated by both North and South Vietnam as the struggle for ...
Even before the Vietnam War ended, the relationship between the Khmer Rouge—which was in the process of seizing power from a US-backed government headed by Lon Nol—and North Vietnam was strained. Clashes between Vietnamese communists and Khmer Rouge forces began as early as 1974, and the following year Pol Pot signed a treaty codifying the ...
- 25 December 1978 – 26 September 1989, (10 years, 9 months and 1 day)
- Vietnamese/People's Republic of Kampuchea victory, Khmer Rouge removed from power and collapse of Democratic Kampuchea, End of the Cambodian genocide, Establishment of the People's Republic of Kampuchea, Chinese invasion of Vietnam and continued border skirmishes, Vietnamese occupation until 1989, Start of CGDK insurgency and Thai border skirmishes, Signing of the 1991 Paris Peace Accords agreeing to UN-led transition
- Cambodia, southern Vietnam, eastern Thailand
Vietnam (also written as Viet Nam, Vietnamese: Việt Nam, [vîət nāːm] ()), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Cộng hòa Xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam), is a country in Southeast Asia and the easternmost country on the Indochinese Peninsula.
The Vietnam War was a long, costly and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States.