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The Vietnam War

Vietnam War
(Chiến tranh Việt Nam)
Part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War
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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, and burial of 300 victims of the 1968 Huế Massacre.
Date 1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975 (1975-04-30)
(19 years, 5 months, 4 weeks and 1 day)
Location South Vietnam, North Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos
Result

Decisive North Vietnamese victory

Territorial
changes
Reunification of North and South Vietnam into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Belligerents

 South Vietnam
United States United States
 South Korea
 Thailand
 Australia
Philippines Philippines
 New Zealand
 Khmer Republic
 Kingdom of Laos

Military support:
 Republic of China

 North Vietnam
Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam Viet Cong
Cambodia Khmer Rouge
Laos Pathet Lao
China People's Republic of China
 North Korea

Military support:
 Soviet Union
 Cuba

Commanders and leaders
South Vietnam Ngô Đình Diệm
South Vietnam Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
South Vietnam Nguyễn Cao Kỳ
South Vietnam Cao Văn Viên
South Vietnam Ngô Quang Trưởng
United States John F. Kennedy
United States Lyndon B. Johnson
United States Richard Nixon
United States Robert McNamara
United States William Westmoreland
United States Creighton Abrams
United States Frederick C. Weyand
South Korea Park Chung-hee
Thailand Thanom Kittikachorn
Australia Robert Menzies
Australia Harold Holt
Australia John McEwen
Australia John Gorton
Australia William McMahon
Philippines Ferdinand Marcos
New Zealand Keith Holyoake
New Zealand Jack Marshall
New Zealand Norman Kirk
and others
North Vietnam Ho Chi Minh
North Vietnam Lê Duẩn
North Vietnam Võ Nguyên Giáp
North Vietnam Văn Tiến Dũng
North Vietnam Lê Trọng Tấn
North Vietnam Phạm Văn Đồng
Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam Hoàng Văn Thái
Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam Trần Văn Trà
Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam Nguyễn Văn Linh
Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam Nguyễn Hữu Thọ
and others
Strength

≈1,830,000 (1968)
 South Vietnam: 850,000 (1968)
1,500,000 (1974–75)

 United States: 536,100 (1968)
 South Korea: 50,003
 Thailand: 11,586
 Australia: 7,672
 Philippines: 2,061
 New Zealand: 552

≈461,000

 North Vietnam: 287,465 (January 1968)
Viet Cong: 108,000–114,000 (estimated in 1964)
 China: 170,000 (1965–69)
 North Korea: 200
Casualties and losses

 South Vietnam
195,000–430,000 civilian dead
220,357–313,000 military dead
1,170,000 wounded
 United States
58,315 dead; 153,303 wounded
 South Korea
5,099 dead; 10,962 wounded; 4 missing
 Australia
500 dead; 3,129 wounded

 Thailand
351 dead; 1,358 wounded
 New Zealand
37 dead; 187 wounded
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