Viet Nam War

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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 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	North Vietnamese victory Withdrawal of American-led forces from Indochina Communist governments take power in South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia South Vietnam is annexed by North Vietnam
Territorial changes	Reunification of North and South Vietnam into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Belligerents

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

Military support:
Republic of China

Other support

North Vietnam
Viet Cong
Khmer Rouge
Pathet Lao
People's Republic of China
North Korea

Military support:
Soviet Union
Cuba

Other support

Commanders and leaders

Norman Kirk
…and others

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; 303,644 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
Philippines
9 dead; 64 wounded

Total dead: 479,668–807,311
Total wounded: ≈1,490,000+