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The '''Vietnam War''', also known as the '''Second Indochina War''', the '''Vietnam Conflict''', or often in Vietnam the '''American War''' occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia from 1959. The Vietcong began an assassination campaign in early 1957. An article by French scholar Bernard Fall published in July 1958 concluded that a new war had begun. The first large unit military action was on September 26, 1959, when the Vietcong ambushed two ARVN companies.[http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/pentagon/pent14.htm] to April 30, 1975. The war was fought between the communist North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States and other member nations of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO). The landmark series ''Vietnam: A Television History'', first broadcast in 1983, is a special presentation of the award-winning PBS history series, American Experience. Meanwhile, the United States, its military demoralized and its civilian electorate deeply divided, began a process of coming to terms with defeat in its longest and most controversial war[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/628478/Vietnam-War]

The '''Vietnam War''', also known as the '''Second Indochina War''', the '''Vietnam Conflict''', or often in Vietnam the '''American War''' occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia from 1959. The Vietcong began an assassination campaign in early 1957. An article by French scholar Bernard Fall published in July 1958 concluded that a new war had begun. The first large unit military action was on September 26, 1959, when the Vietcong ambushed two ARVN companies.[https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/pentagon/pent14.htm] to April 30, 1975. The war was fought between the communist North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States and other member nations of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO). The landmark series ''Vietnam: A Television History'', first broadcast in 1983, is a special presentation of the award-winning PBS history series, American Experience. Meanwhile, the United States, its military demoralized and its civilian electorate deeply divided, began a process of coming to terms with defeat in its longest and most controversial war[https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/628478/Vietnam-War]

The Vietcong, the lightly armed South Vietnamese [[communist]] insurgency, largely fought a guerrilla war against anti-Communist forces in the region. The North Vietnamese Army engaged in a more conventional war, at times committing large-sized units into battle. U.S. and South Vietnamese forces relied on air superiority and overwhelming firepower to conduct search-and-destroy operations, involving ground forces, artillery and air strikes.

The Vietcong, the lightly armed South Vietnamese [[communist]] insurgency, largely fought a guerrilla war against anti-Communist forces in the region. The North Vietnamese Army engaged in a more conventional war, at times committing large-sized units into battle. U.S. and South Vietnamese forces relied on air superiority and overwhelming firepower to conduct search-and-destroy operations, involving ground forces, artillery and air strikes.

The war had a major impact on U.S. politics, culture and foreign relations. Americans were deeply divided over the U.S. government’s justification for, and means of fighting, the war. Opposition to the war contributed to the [[counterculture]] youth movement of the 1960s and the war contributed towards youth cynicism towards actions of the government.

The war had a major impact on U.S. politics, culture and foreign relations. Americans were deeply divided over the U.S. government’s justification for, and means of fighting, the war. Opposition to the war contributed to the [[counterculture]] youth movement of the 1960s and the war contributed towards youth cynicism towards actions of the government.

The war exacted a huge human cost in terms of fatalities, including 3 to 4 million Vietnamese from both sides, 1.5 to 2 million Laotians and Cambodians, and 58,159 U.S. soldiers.[http://www.vietnamwar.com/]

The war exacted a huge human cost in terms of fatalities, including 3 to 4 million Vietnamese from both sides, 1.5 to 2 million Laotians and Cambodians, and 58,159 U.S. soldiers.[https://www.vietnamwar.com/]

[[Category: History]]

[[Category: History]]