Cold War

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• Vietnam war
• Kennedy had succeeded by refusing to compromise with the Soviets, a policy that would have deeply unfortunate consequences when it came time for Johnson to deal with North Vietnam.
• The Vietnam War was a Cold War conflict in Southeast Asia from 1955 to 1975.
• The war involved North Vietnam, the Viet Cong, and the Provisional Revolutionary Government, against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies.
• The war is also known as the Second Indochina War and was part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War in Asia.
• The war ended in a victory for the Eastern Bloc, resulting in the reunification of North Vietnam and South Vietnam into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1976.
• Belligerents in the Vietnam War included North Vietnam, the Viet Cong, and the Provisional Revolutionary Government, against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies.
• The Vietnam War had territorial changes, including the reunification of North Vietnam and South Vietnam into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1976.
• The Vietnam War had a significant impact on the international community, particularly in Southeast Asia.
• The Vietnam War involved a complex web of alliances and coalitions, with the United States, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Laos, Cambodia, and others supporting South Vietnam, and China, the Soviet Union, North Korea, and others supporting North Vietnam.
• The Vietnam War had a significant impact on the military, with the United States deploying over 3 million troops and suffering over 58,000 casualties.
• The Vietnam War also had a significant impact on the civilian population, with the United States bombing North Vietnam and South Vietnam, and causing significant civilian casualties.
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• Eckhardt, George (1991)
• Vietnam Sons: For Some, the War Never Ended
• Asian Allies in Vietnam
• New Zealand and the Vietnam War
• Vietnam Studies Command and Control 1950–1969
• Overview of the war in Vietnam
• Heart of Darkness: The Vietnam War Chronicles 1945–1975 (Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Dolby, Vision Software) (Documentary)
• Koch Vision
• Congressional Research Service
• The New York Times
• Vietnam Studies Allied Participation in Vietnam (PDF)
• Larsen, Stanley (1975)
• American War and Military Operations: Casualties: Lists and Statistics (PDF) (Report)
• 16 July 1965
• Vietnam Reds Said to Hold 17 From Taiwan as Spies
• Department of the Army
• Australian casualties in the Vietnam War, 1962–72
• March 1970
• The Vietnam War had a significant impact on the political landscape, with the United States withdrawing from the war and ending its involvement in Southeast Asia.
• The Vietnam War had a significant impact on the economy, with the United States spending over $100 billion on the war.
• The Vietnam War had a significant impact on the media, with the war being extensively covered by the media.
• During the first month of the offensive, 1,100 Americans and other allied troops, 2,100 ARVN and 14,000 civilians were killed.
• U.S and South Vietnamese forces were initially shocked by the scale, intensity and deliberative planning of the urban offensive, as infiltration of personnel and weapons into the cities was accomplished covertly; the offensive constituted an intelligence failure on the scale of Pearl Harbor.
• By the end of the first offensive, after two months, nearly 5,000 ARVN and over 4,000 U.S forces had been killed and 45,820 wounded.
• Further north, at Quảng Trị City, the ARVN Airborne Division, the 1st Division and a regiment of the US 1st Cavalry Division had managed to hold out and overcome an assault intended to capture the city.
• The Tet Offensive began on 30 January 1968, as over 100 cities were attacked by over 85,000 VC/PAVN troops, including assaults on key military installations, headquarters, and government buildings and offices, including the U.S Embassy in Saigon.