Vietnam War

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The Vietnam War was a military conflict that happened after the United States invaded South Vietnam.

The chief cause of the war was the failure of Vietnamese nationalists, in the form of the Viet Minh, to gain control of southern Vietnam both during and after their struggle for independence from France in the First Indochina War of 1946-1954.

The Vietnam War was finally concluded on 30 April 1975, with the fall of the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon to North Vietnamese forces. The war claimed perhaps 2-2.5 million Southeast Asian lives, a large number of whom were civilians.

Contents 1 History of Vietnam 1.1 Early History 1.2 Colonialization by France 2 Exit of the French, 1950-1955 3 Ho Chi Minh 4 The Diem era, 1955-1963 5 U.S. invasion and escalation, 1963-1968 6 Opposition in U.S. to the war 7 G.I. resistance 8 Other countries' involvement

[edit] History of Vietnam

[edit] Early History

[edit] Colonialization by France

[edit] Exit of the French, 1950-1955

[edit] Ho Chi Minh

[edit] The Diem era, 1955-1963

[edit] U.S. invasion and escalation, 1963-1968

[edit] Opposition in U.S. to the war

[edit] G.I. resistance

[edit] Other countries' involvement

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