Vietnam War

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The Vietnam War was a protracted Cold War-era conflict in Southeast Asia, primarily between communist North Vietnam and U.S.-backed South Vietnam, that profoundly shaped global politics, military strategy, and American society.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War conflict
proxy war
war
alsoKnownAs Resistance War Against America (in Vietnam)
Second Indochina War
belligerentSide North Vietnam and Viet Cong
South Vietnam and United States and allies
casualtiesEstimate over 2,000,000 Vietnamese civilians and soldiers killed
over 58,000 United States military deaths
cause containment of communism
division of Vietnam after First Indochina War
conflictBetween North Vietnam
South Vietnam
South Vietnam anti-communist forces
United States
Viet Cong
endDate 1975-04-30
endedWith Fall of Saigon
followedBy Cambodian–Vietnamese War
boat people refugee crisis
hasParticipant Australia
Cambodia
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Laos
New Zealand
People's Republic of China
Republic of Vietnam
South Korea
Soviet Union
Thailand
United States Armed Forces
Viet Cong
ideologicalContext anti-communism
communism
involvedWeapon Agent Orange
B-52 strategic bombers
napalm
keyConcept counterinsurgency warfare
domino theory
guerrilla warfare
mainTheater Southeast Asia
majorCommander Ho Chi Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
Nguyen Hue (Nguyen Chi Thanh and other PAVN leaders often associated)
Nguyen Van Thieu
Vo Nguyen Giap
William Westmoreland
mediaAspect first televised war
notableBattle Battle of Dien Bien Phu is related as precursor conflict
Battle of Hue
Battle of Ia Drang
Battle of Khe Sanh
notableOperation Operation Linebacker
Operation Linebacker II
Operation Rolling Thunder
partOf Cold War
peaceAgreement Paris Peace Accords
place Cambodia
Laos
Vietnam
politicalImpact U.S. War Powers Resolution
U.S. domestic anti-war movement
precededBy First Indochina War
relatedConflict Cambodian Civil War
Laotian Civil War
result Communist victory
Fall of Saigon
Reunification of Vietnam
significantEvent Easter Offensive
Gulf of Tonkin incident
My Lai massacre
Operation Rolling Thunder
Paris Peace Accords
Tet Offensive
socialImpact Vietnam syndrome in United States
startDate 1955-11-01

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11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
11th Marine Regiment
1st Battalion, 1st Marines
1st Battalion, 7th Marines
1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division
1st Combat Engineer Battalion
1st Division (Australia)
1st Marine Division
1st Marine Division (United States)
1st Reconnaissance Battalion
1st Tank Battalion
2nd Battalion, 1st Marines
2nd Battalion, 4th Marines
2nd Battalion, 5th Marines
2nd Battalion, 7th Marines
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division
2nd Marine Aircraft Wing
2nd Marine Division
2nd Marine Tank Battalion
2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
3rd Battalion, 1st Marines
3rd Battalion, 5th Marines
3rd Battalion, 7th Marines
3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
3rd Marine Division
4th Infantry Division (United States)
6th Marines
7th Marine Regiment
8th Marines
Albert Gore Jr.
Alexander Haig
Australian Army
Australian Army Aviation Corps
Battle of Hue
Battle of Ia Drang
Battle of Khe Sanh
Blackhorse Regiment
Bob Kerrey
Chuck Yeager
Creighton Abrams
Crypt of the Unknown from the Vietnam War
Easter Offensive
Francis R. Scobee
Gray Davis
Iowa-class battleship
John McCain
John McCain III
John Rambo
Johnson administration
Joseph Graham Davis Jr.
Kennedy administration ("Vietnam War (early phase)")
Le Duc Tho
Lockheed P-2 Neptune
M48 Patton tank
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
My Lai massacre
Ngo Dinh Diem
Nguyen Hue
Nguyen Van Thieu
Nguyen Van Thieu
Nguyen Van Thieu
Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.
Operation Linebacker
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Starlite
Peter Cosgrove
Philippine Navy
Republic of Vietnam
Republic of Vietnam ("Second Indochina War")
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm
Robert Mueller
Royal Australian Air Force
Royal Australian Artillery
Royal Australian Regiment
Royal New Zealand Air Force
Royal Thai Air Force
Silver Star
South Vietnamese leadership
South Vietnamese leadership ("Second Indochina War")
Soviet Navy
Strategic Air Command
Tet Offensive
The Old Breed
Thirteenth Air Force
Tom Ridge
Tommy Franks
U.S. 101st Airborne Division
USS Hornet (CV-12)
United States Army Security Agency
United States Seventh Fleet
Viet Cong
Viet Cong ("Second Indochina War")
Wesley Clark
Wesley L. McDonald
William Broyles Jr.
William Westmoreland
Xuan Thuy
conflict
.50 caliber M2 Browning machine gun
40 mm Bofors autocannon
A-4 Skyhawk
Agent Orange
Bell UH-1 Iroquois
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
Douglas A-26 Invader
Douglas C-47 Skytrain
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
Karabiner 98k
Lieutenant (Australian Army)
M1 Garand ("Vietnam War (early stages)")
M561 Gama Goat
M60 Patton
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17
Mk 84 bomb
Mosin–Nagant rifle
North American F-100 Super Sabre
North American T-28 Trojan
PPSh-41
S-75 Dvina
SR-71 Blackbird
T-34 medium tank
Thompson submachine gun
usedInConflict
Battle of Ia Drang
Battle of Khe Sanh
Easter Offensive ("Second Indochina War")
Fall of Saigon
Gulf of Tonkin incident
Mayaguez incident ("Vietnam War era")
Operation Linebacker
Operation Starlite
Paris Peace Accords negotiations on the Vietnam War
Tet Offensive
partOf
Andersen Air Force Base
Fort Lewis
Fort Ord
Lockheed P-3 Orion
Lockheed U-2
Long Biên Bridge
PGUA
RAAF Base Amberley
military payment certificates
usedDuring
Colin Powell
Dennis Franz
Frederick W. Smith
Gary Kurtz
I Corps
John Kerry
Tom Savini
USS Forrestal (CV-59)
conflictParticipatedIn
American Power and the New Mandarins
Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy
Drive, He Said ("Vietnam War era")
Nuremberg and Vietnam: An American Tragedy
Pentagon Papers
Platoon
War Remnants Museum
mainSubject
Ho Chi Minh
Nguyen Duy Trinh
Nguyen Thi Binh
Truong Chinh
Vo Nguyen Giap
William Colby
Xuan Thuy
participantIn
Lockheed C-130 Hercules
Mi-8 ("Vietnam War (late stages with allied operators)")
Pacific Air Forces
Royal Australian Armoured Corps
U.S. Pacific Fleet
United States Navy Reserve
conflictInvolvement
Republic of Korea Air Force
Republic of Korea Army
Royal Australian Navy
United States Armed Forces
United States Army
United States Marine Corps
engagedIn
All American Division
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Huynh Tan Phat
James R. Clapper
Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam
USAR
participatedIn
1st Commando Regiment
1st Marine Aircraft Wing
Australian Defence Force
Navy SEALs
Special Air Service Regiment
engagement
Nixon Doctrine
U.S. War Powers Resolution
United States Ambassador to South Vietnam
Vietnamese nationalism
Vietnamese nationalism ("Second Indochina War")
historicalContext
1st Marine Regiment
5th Marine Regiment
U.S. 82nd Airborne Division
USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)
conflictParticipated
Air Force Reserve
Armed Forces of Thailand
Illinois National Guard
The Cannon Cockers ("Vietnam War (through 11th Marine Regiment)")
conflictParticipation
Eugene McCarthy
Mark O. Hatfield
Martin Luther King Jr.
New Left
opposed
Armies of the Night
In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam
RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon
White House Years
subject
1968 California Democratic presidential primary
1972 California Democratic presidential primary
United States presidential election, 1972
campaignIssue
Eternal Flame (Australian War Memorial)
Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Vietnam Veterans of Oregon Memorial
commemorates
Australian War Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
commemoratesConflict
Navy Distinguished Service Medal
Navy Unit Commendation
Presidential Unit Citation (United States)
conflictUsage
Da 5 Bloods
Platoon
The Deer Hunter
setInPeriod
Vietnam War ("Second Indochina War")
Vietnam War ("Resistance War Against America (in Vietnam)")
alsoKnownAs
Memorial Day
Roll of Honour
associatedWith
Air Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross
campaign
USASC
United States Army Signal Corps
conflictInvolved
Paris Peace Accords negotiations on the Vietnam War
Paris Peace Accords negotiations on the Vietnam War ("Second Indochina War")
involvesConflict
Frank Church
Jean-Paul Sartre
opposedTo
Cambodian Civil War ("Vietnam War escalation in Indochina")
Sino-Vietnamese War
precededBy
Coming Home
For the Boys
setDuring
Long Biên Bridge
United States–Soviet Union relations
significantEvent
1968 Indiana Democratic presidential primary ("Vietnam War era")
1968 United States presidential election
tookPlaceDuring
Hoa Lo Prison
Watertown Arsenal
usedDuringConflict
Mk 83 bomb
National Defense Reserve Fleet
usedIn
Royal Australian Army Medical Corps
activeIn
All My Children
addressedTopic
Plain of Jars ("Second Indochina War")
affectedBy
Distinguished Service Cross
awardedInConflict
Bronze Star Medal
campaignOrService
Silver Star Medal
campaigns
Army Valorous Unit Award
conflictApplicability
Schofield Barracks
conflictAssociation
Combat Medical Badge
conflicts
Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command facilities
conflictScope
Cessna O-2 Skymaster
conflictUsedIn
United States presidential election, 1972
context
Life
covered
Martha Gellhorn
coveredConflict
Platoon
depicts
More American Graffiti
depictsTheme
Pentagon Papers
describedEvent
CIA Special Activities Division
engagedInConflict
Da 5 Bloods
featuresConflict
Brian VanDeMark
fieldOfWork
Paveway series guided bombs
firstCombatUse
First Indochina War
followedBy
Section 46, Arlington National Cemetery
hasGravesFromConflict
White House Plumbers ("Vietnam War era")
hasHistoricalPeriod
Gulf of Tonkin
hasHistoricalSignificance
More American Graffiti
hasSetting
Cold War
hasSignificantEvent
Alfred W. McCoy
hasWrittenAbout
Vietnam
historicalEvent
Forrest Gump
historicalEventDepicted
United States Infantry
historicalInvolvement
Government of North Vietnam
inConflict
Geneva Conference of 1954
influenced
Geneva Accords
influencedEvent
Mk 84 bomb ("Vietnam War era")
introducedInPeriod
Gulf of Tonkin
involvedConflict
Nixon 1972 presidential campaign
issue
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
lyricalTheme
1968 United States presidential election
mainIssue
Brian VanDeMark
mainSubjectOfWork
United States Navy
notableConflict
United States Army Rangers
notableEngagement
Hmong American
notableHistoricalContext
United States Marine Corps Reserve
notableParticipation
Medal of Honor
notableTheaterOfAwards
Consultative Council of the Provisional Revolutionary Government
operatedDuringConflict
hippie movement
opposes
United States National Guard
participatedInConflict
Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam
precedes
Laotian Civil War
relatedTo
United States v. Daniel Ellsberg
relatesTo
USS New Jersey
sawActionIn
Roger Staubach
servedIn
Apocalypse Now
setting
John Rambo
settingOfBackstory
Royal Military College, Duntroon
significantConflict
Robert K. Brigham
specializesIn
Reading Room (Australian War Memorial)
subjectArea
Combat Infantryman Badge
subsequentlyAwardedInConflict
The Fifth Book of Peace
theme
South Vietnamese leadership
timePeriod
United States Marine Corps museums
timePeriodCovered
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune ("Vietnam War era")
timePeriodSignificant
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
warCommemorated
Long Biên Bridge
wasBombedDuring

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