Vietnam War
Top left: Battle of Hamo Village During the Tet Offensive. US Marines and ARVN troops defend a position against enemy attack. Top right: UH-1D helicopters airlift members of the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment from the Filhol Rubber Plantation area to a new staging area, during Operation "Wahiawa," a search and destroy mission conducted by the 25th Infantry Division, northeast of Cu Chi, 1966 Bottom left: Unidentified Vietnamese bodies on road. Bottom right: A Viet Cong base camp being burned down.
pronunciation recording
Pronunciation recording of German noun "Vietnamkrieg", IPA: /vi̯ɛtˈnamˌkʁiːk/. Male voice, recorded by native German speaker from Berlin, Germany.
North Vietnam (DRV) occupation territories in the Indochina
Audio pronunciation file from the Lingua Libre project.
Know Your Enemy: The Viet Cong
Historical Overview
The Vietnam War was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam and their allies. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union and China, while South Vietnam was supported by the United States and other anti-communist nations. The conflict was the second of the Indochina wars and a proxy war of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and US. The Vietnam War was one of the postcolonial wars of national liberation, a theater in the Cold War, and a civil war, with civil warfare a defining feature from the outset. Direct US military involvement escalated from 1965 until US forces were withdrawn in 1973. The fighting spilled into the Laotian and Cambodian civil wars, which ended with all three countries becoming communist in 1975.
Outcome & Quick Facts
Outcome
Viet Cong victory.
