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  1. www.britannica.com › event › Vietnam-WarVietnam War | Facts, Summary, Years, Timeline, Casualties ... -...

    Jul 19, 2024 · The Vietnam War (1954–75) was a conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam and its allies in South Vietnam, the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. It was part of a larger regional conflict as well as a manifestation of the Cold War.

  2. www.britannica.com › event › Vietnam-WarVietnam War - US Involvement, Conflict, Outcome | Britannica

    Jul 19, 2024 · Between the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and the U.S. presidential election in November 1964, the situation in Vietnam had changed for the worse. Beginning in September, the Khanh government was succeeded by a bewildering array of cliques and coalitions, some of which stayed in power less than a month.

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  4. www.britannica.com › event › Vietnam-WarVietnam War - Conflict, US Involvement, Outcome | Britannica

    Jul 19, 2024 · Vietnam War - Conflict, US Involvement, Outcome: To the new administration of U.S. Pres. John F. Kennedy, who took office in 1961, Vietnam represented both a challenge and an opportunity.

    • Ronald H. Spector

  5. oxfordre.com › americanhistory › displayVietnam War | Oxford Research Encyclopedia of American History

    4 days ago · US troops left in 1973 and Hanoi successfully invaded the South in 1975. The two Vietnams were formally unified in 1976. The war devastated much of Vietnam and came at a huge cost to the United States in terms of lives, resources, and political division at home. It gave birth to the largest mass movement against a war in US history, motivated ...

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Vietnam_War_casualtiesVietnam War casualties - Wikipedia

    3 days ago · The war lasted from 1955 to 1975 and most of the fighting took place in South Vietnam; accordingly it suffered the most casualties. The war also spilled over into the neighboring countries of Cambodia and Laos which also endured casualties from aerial bombing and ground fighting.

  7. info.library.okstate.edu › warprimarysources › vietnamwarVietnam War - American Military & War Primary Source Collections...

    Jul 15, 2024 · hundreds of photographs and documents cataloguing the history of protest and activism against war--particularly, the Vietnam War--among students, soldiers, and citizens

  8. guides.library.cornell.edu › cVietnam War: Introductory Sources: Background - Cornell...

    Jun 27, 2024 · Cornell Library's collection on the Vietnam War contains books, microfilms and videos covering all aspects of the war, including history both of the war in Vietnam and the on home front; campaigns and battles; yearbooks of individual regiments and fighting units; the sea, air and land war; chemical warfare; weapons; women in the war; personal st...