Outline of the Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was a war in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia from 1959[1] to 30 April 1975. The war was fought between the communist North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States and other member nations of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO).[2][3]

Military activity

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Military medals

South Vietnam

North Vietnam

United States

Anti-war publications in the US forces

source: "The American War" – see references below

Prominent figures

South Vietnamese

American

South Korean

North Vietnamese

Cambodian

Media

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Film

Main article: Vietnam War in film

Other

See also

References

  1. ↑ . Diem instituted the death penalty against any communist activity in 1956. The Vietcong began an assassination campaign in early 1957. An article by French scholar Bernard Fall published in July 1958 concluded that a new war had begun. The first large unit military action was on 26 September 1959, when the Vietcong ambushed two ARVN companies.
  2. ↑ The landmark series Vietnam: A Television History, first broadcast in 1983, is a special presentation of the award-winning PBS history series, American Experience.
  3. ↑ "Vietnam War". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 5 March 2008. Meanwhile, the United States, its military demoralized and its civilian electorate deeply divided, began a process of coming to terms with defeat in its longest and most controversial war
  4. ↑ Hwang Sang Cheol. "A retired colonel, Kim Ki Tae, tells of systematic killings of Vietnamese civilians by Korea soldiers during the Vietnam War.". Hankyoreh. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  5. ↑ Armstrong, Charles (2001). Critical asian studies, Volume 33, Issue 4 :America's Korea, Korea's Vietnam. Routledge. p. 529.
  6. 1 2 "The Cold Warrior". Newsweek. April 10, 2000. Retrieved 17 July 2011.

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