The Vietnam War
| Vietnam War (Chiến tranh Việt Nam) |
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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. |
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Military support: Other support
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Other support
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
 Ngô Đình Diệm † Nguyễn Văn Thiệu Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Cao Văn Viên Ngô Quang Trưởng John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson Richard Nixon Robert McNamara William Westmoreland Creighton Abrams Frederick C. Weyand Park Chung-hee Thanom Kittikachorn Robert Menzies Harold Holt John McEwen John Gorton William McMahon Ferdinand Marcos Keith Holyoake Jack Marshall Norman Kirk…and others |
 Ho Chi Minh Lê Duẩn Võ Nguyên Giáp Văn Tiến Dũng Lê Trọng Tấn Phạm Văn Đồng Hoàng Văn Thái Trần Văn Trà Nguyễn Văn Linh Nguyễn Hữu Thọ…and others |
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≈1,830,000 (1968)  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 |
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