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The Vietnam War was a Cold War military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from November 1, 1955 , to April 30, 1975 when Saigon fell. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States and other capitalist nations. The Viet Cong, a lightly-armed South Vietnamese communist-controlled common front, largely fought a guerrilla war against anti-communist forces in the region. The North Vietnamese Army engaged in a more conventional war, at times committing large units into battle. U.S. and South Vietnamese forces relied on air superiority and overwhelming firepower to conduct search and destroy operations, involving ground forces, artillery and airstrikes. The United States government viewed involvement in the war as a way to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam and part of their wider strategy of containment. The North Vietnamese government viewed the war as a colonial war, fought initially against France, backed by the United States, and later against South Vietnam, which it regarded as a US puppet state. United States military advisors arrived beginning in 1950. U.S. involvement escalated in the early 1960s, with U.S. troop levels tripling in 1961 and tripling again in 1962. U.S. combat units were deployed beginning in 1965. Operations spanned borders, with Laos and Cambodia heavily bombed. Involvement peaked in 1968 at the time of the Tet Offensive. After this, U.S. ground forces were withdrawn as part of a policy called Vietnamization. Despite the Paris Peace Accords, signed by all parties in January 1973, fighting continued. The Case-Church Amendment passed by the U.S. Congress prohibited use of American military after August 15, 1973 unless the president secured congressional approval in advance. The capture of Saigon by the North Vietnamese army in April 1975 marked the end of the Vietnam War. North and South Vietnam were reunified the following year. The war exacted a huge human cost in terms of fatalities (See: Vietnam War casualties), including 3 to 4 million Vietnamese from both sides, between one point five to two million Laotians and Cambodians, and 58,159 U.S. soldiers. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License When did the United States start to enter the Vietnam War? Q. Did the United States start to get their men to fight in the Vietnam war in the 60s or 70s? Why did they decide to enter that war? Asked by Sugar - Mon Feb 23 02:47:30 2009 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments A. On 2 August 1964, the destroyer USS Maddox, while sailing in the waters of the Tonkin, was attacked by three Communist patrol boats, two managed to launch torpedoes, but missing the target, it launched the third one that does not explode and was later sunk. On receipt of the report of this "incident" Johnson responded. Direct TV announced that the North Vietnamese aggression would not be left unpunished, and ordered retaliatory air strikes against enemy coastal targets. On 6 August 1964 the U.S. Congress approved the "Resolution of the Gulf of Tonkin", with which it authorized the President to take all necessary measures to repel the attacks against U.S. forces. by the fustigador Answered by . - Mon Feb 23 03:22:59 2009 What camera did the american soldiers use in the vietnam war? Q. In the vietnam war the american soldiers caught the war on camera with black and white film. I was wondering what the make and model of that camera was. If there were a few cameras that were used, please state all and the one that was mostly used. I am interested in what the camera was that they used. Thanks Asked by zizther - Tue Oct 9 15:13:29 2007 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments A. I remember setting up the pin-hole camera, taking the cap off and retreating to a safe spot while waiting for the image to be taken, and returning to put the cap back on. Developing was a pain! ;^) I remember having a Kodak instamatic or equivalent, and I got my first good camera, a Pentax 35mm spotmatic, at a PX somewhere, sometime in 1968. Answered by Sp II Guzzi - Tue Oct 9 21:51:36 2007 What are some important facts of the hippies during the Vietnam war era & those that supported the war?
Q. I need some facts, like politicians that supported the vietnam war and how this relates to the cold war? Asked by Conan - Wed May 26 00:41:43 2010 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments From Yahoo Answer Search: "Vietnam War"
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