Vietnam War: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)
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Encyclopedia: Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (also known as the Second Indochina War, the American War in Vietnam and the Vietnam Conflict) occured from 1959 to April 30, 1975. The war was a successful effort by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV or North Vietnam) and the indigenous National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam, (also known as the Việt Cộng, Charlie or VC) to reunify Vietnam under a communist government. To a degree, the war may be viewed as a Cold War conflict between the U.S., its allies and the Republic of Vietnam on one side, and the Soviet Union, its allies, the People's Republic of China and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam on the other. Vietnamese nationalists, however, claim that it was a struggle for independence.
The U.S. deployed large numbers of troops to South Vietnam between 1954 and 1973. Some U.S. allies also contributed forces. U.S. military advisors first became involved in Vietnam in 1950, assisting French colonial forces. In 1956, these advisers assumed full responsibility for training the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. President Kennedy increased America's troop numbers from 500 to 16,000. Large numbers of combat troops began to arrive in 1965. Almost all U.S. military personnel departed after the Paris Peace Accords of 1973. The last American troops left the country on April 30, 1975.[2]
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How to say "Vietnam War" in other languages:
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(Chinese) | 越南战争 |
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(Japanese) | ベトナム戦争 |
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(German) | Vietnamkrieg |
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(Spanish) | Guerra de Vietnam |
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(French) | Guerre du Viêt Nam |
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(Italian) | Guerra del Vietnam |
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J. Edward Snyder was most famously known as the commanding officer of the battleship USS New Jersey during that ship's deployment to the Vietnam War in 1968...
Sandra Lee Scheuer was a student at Kent State University, Ohio. She was killed on May 4, 1970 during an anti-war rally protesting the Vietnam War...
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Alice Herz (died March 16, 1965 in Detroit at 82) is the first of eight Americans known to have immolated themselves in protest of the escalating Vietnam war, apparently following the example of Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc...
A fire support base ( FSB or firebase ) is an encampment designed to provide fire support to infantry operating in areas beyond the normal range of their main base camp cannon and howitzers. FSBs were used extensively in the Vietnam War...
Florence Beaumont (died October 15, 1967, Los Angeles) is one of eight Americans known to have set themselves on fire (self-immolation) in protest of the escalating Vietnam war. She had two children...
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