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Hector Daniel Cabezudo Zavaleta Vietnam War The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. The Vietnam War also known as the Second Indochina War was a Cold War-era proxy war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from December 1956 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam—supported by the Soviet Union, China and other communist allies—and the government of South Vietnam— supported by the United States and other anti-communist countries.
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Hector Daniel Cabezudo Zavaleta
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted
the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the
Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United
States.
The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the
withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under
Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including
58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict.
The Vietnam War also known as the Second Indochina War was a Cold War-era proxy war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from December 1956 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.
This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam—supported by the Soviet Union, China and other communist allies—and the government of South Vietnam—supported by the United States and other anti-communist countries.
