Vietnam War

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Cold War conflict proxy war war

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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All labels observed (24)

Label Occurrences
Vietnam War canonical 1,326
Vietnam War era 23
Second Indochina War 13

Statements (76)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War conflict ⓘ
proxy war ⓘ
war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Vietnam War ⓘ
surface form: Resistance War Against America (in Vietnam)

Vietnam War ⓘ
surface form: Second Indochina War
belligerentSide Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
surface form: North Vietnam and Viet Cong

Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
surface form: 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 Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
surface form: North Vietnam

Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
surface form: South Vietnam

South Vietnam anti-communist forces ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
China ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Operation Linebacker II

Operation Rolling Thunder ⓘ
partOf Cold War ⓘ
peaceAgreement Paris Peace Accords negotiations on the Vietnam War ⓘ
surface form: Paris Peace Accords
place Cambodia ⓘ
Laos ⓘ
Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Fall of Saigon ⓘ
surface form: Reunification of Vietnam
significantEvent Easter Offensive ⓘ
Gulf of Tonkin incident ⓘ
My Lai massacre ⓘ
Operation Rolling Thunder ⓘ
Paris Peace Accords negotiations on the Vietnam War ⓘ
surface form: Paris Peace Accords

Tet Offensive ⓘ
socialImpact Vietnam syndrome in United States ⓘ
startDate 1955-11-01 ⓘ

Referenced by (1,383)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paveway series guided bombs → firstCombatUse → Vietnam War ⓘ
1st Tank Battalion → conflict → Vietnam War ⓘ
Royal New Zealand Air Force → conflict → Vietnam War ⓘ
1st Marine Regiment → conflictParticipated → Vietnam War ⓘ
Gray Davis → conflict → Vietnam War ⓘ
Geneva Conference of 1954 → influenced → Vietnam War ⓘ
Lockheed C-130 Hercules → conflictInvolvement → Vietnam War ⓘ
Navy Distinguished Service Medal → conflictUsage → Vietnam War ⓘ
1st Reconnaissance Battalion → conflict → Vietnam War ⓘ
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune → timePeriodSignificant → Vietnam War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vietnam War era
Australian Army → conflict → Vietnam War ⓘ
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment → conflict → Vietnam War ⓘ
Medal of Honor → notableTheaterOfAwards → Vietnam War ⓘ
Distinguished Flying Cross → campaign → Vietnam War ⓘ
Kennedy administration → conflict → Vietnam War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vietnam War (early phase)
United States National Guard → participatedInConflict → Vietnam War ⓘ
Roger Staubach → servedIn → Vietnam War ⓘ
Illinois National Guard → conflictParticipation → Vietnam War ⓘ
Distinguished Service Cross → awardedInConflict → Vietnam War ⓘ
Presidential Unit Citation (United States) → conflictUsage → Vietnam War ⓘ
Air Force Reserve → conflictParticipation → Vietnam War ⓘ
Battle of Hue → conflict → Vietnam War ⓘ
First Indochina War → followedBy → Vietnam War ⓘ
Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. → conflict → Vietnam War ⓘ
Tet Offensive → conflict → Vietnam War ⓘ
Tet Offensive → partOf → Vietnam War ⓘ
Vietnam Veterans Memorial → commemoratesConflict → Vietnam War ⓘ
Democratic Republic of Vietnam → participatedIn → Vietnam War ⓘ
Republic of Vietnam → conflict → Vietnam War ⓘ
Republic of Vietnam → conflict → Vietnam War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Indochina War
Johnson administration → conflict → Vietnam War ⓘ
Fall of Saigon → partOf → Vietnam War ⓘ
Gulf of Tonkin incident → partOf → Vietnam War ⓘ
Ngo Dinh Diem → conflict → Vietnam War ⓘ
Colin Powell (U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff) → conflictParticipatedIn → Vietnam War ⓘ
subject surface form: Colin Powell
Viet Cong → conflict → Vietnam War ⓘ
Viet Cong → conflict → Vietnam War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Indochina War
Easter Offensive → conflict → Vietnam War ⓘ
Easter Offensive → partOf → Vietnam War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Indochina War
Ho Chi Minh → participantIn → Vietnam War ⓘ
Nguyen Hue (Nguyen Chi Thanh and other PAVN leaders often associated) → conflict → Vietnam War ⓘ
subject surface form: Nguyen Hue
Agent Orange → usedInConflict → Vietnam War ⓘ
U.S. War Powers Resolution → historicalContext → Vietnam War ⓘ
Vo Nguyen Giap → participantIn → Vietnam War ⓘ
My Lai massacre → conflict → Vietnam War ⓘ
Nguyen Van Thieu → conflict → Vietnam War ⓘ
Tommy Franks → conflict → Vietnam War ⓘ
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress → usedInConflict → Vietnam War ⓘ
Navy SEALs → engagement → Vietnam War ⓘ
1972 California Democratic presidential primary → campaignIssue → Vietnam War ⓘ