Opinion What Was the Vietnam War About? The New York Times


The Vietnam War, Part I Early Years and Escalation The Atlantic

The Vietnam War (also known by other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.. and Congress cut financial aid to South Vietnam from $1 billion a year to $700 million. Congress also voted in further restrictions on funding to be phased in through 1975 and to culminate in.


A 'sad' anniversary Vietnam War ended 40 years ago

A 1995 demographic study in Population and Development Review calculated 791,000-1,141,000 war-related Vietnamese deaths, both soldiers and civilians, for all of Vietnam from 1965-75. The study came up with a most likely Vietnamese death toll of 882,000, which included 655,000 adult males (above 15 years of age), 143,000 adult females, and 84,000 children.


Incredible Vietnam war photography captures the bloody horrors of the conflict 50 years after

The second war is the Vietnam War, "our" war.. There were sixteen thousand American advisers in South Vietnam in 1963; during the next ten years, some three million American soldiers would.


7 Iconic Photos From the Vietnam War Era HISTORY

The Vietnam War started in the 1950s, according to most historians, though the conflict in Southeast Asia had its roots in the French colonial period of the 1800s.. • June 1963: A 73-year-old.


The Truth Behind a Vietnam War Airstrike Uncovered The New York Times

The Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File of the Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS) Extract Files contains records of 58,220 U.S. military fatal casualties of the Vietnam War. These records were transferred into the custody of the National Archives and Records Administration in 2008. The earliest casualty record contains a date of death of.


35 years after the fall The Vietnam War in pictures

Battle of la Drang Valley (26 October - 27 November 1965) The first major meeting of US and North Vietnamese troops resulted in a two part battle that raged across the La Drang valley in Southern Vietnam. It caused huge casualties on both sides, and was so fluid and chaotic that both sides claimed victories for themselves.


The Hidden Atrocities of the Vietnam War WSJ

The Vietnam War ended in 1975 after 20 years of fighting and more than 55,000 Americans and between 3 and 4 million Vietnamese dead.. In the Vietnam War, really the worst influence on our strategy was Averell Harriman [assistant secretary of state for Far Eastern affairs]. He was ambassador to Russia in the [Franklin] Roosevelt.


See stunning, rare images from the Vietnam War 50 years ago

On Dec. 31, 1968, the bloodiest year of the Vietnam War came to an end. It is estimated that over 181,000 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese were killed during 1968, while 27,915 South Vietnamese, 14,584 Americans, and 979 Australians, New Zealanders, South Koreans, and Thais died. A number of factors contributed to the high casualty rate, but.


Vietnam War Fast Facts CNN

A company of American soldiers brutally killed most of the people—women, children and old men—in the village of My Lai on March 16, 1968. More than 500 people were slaughtered in the My Lai.


Vietnam War photos still powerful nearly 50 years later NBC News

By the end of 1967, there were 540,000 American troops in Vietnam, and the military draft was set to call up 302,000 young men in the coming year, an increase of 72,000 over 1967. Financial costs had risen to $30 billion a year. But the war news was hopeful.


Vietnam War Second Indochina War Photos History of Vietnam Amazing Cool Pictures Most

Communist forces ended the war by seizing control of South Vietnam in 1975, and the country was unified as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam the following year. Roots of the Vietnam War Ho Chi Minh


Burns sees Vietnam War as virus, documentary as vaccination The SpokesmanReview

The Vietnam War lasted from 1 November 1955 to 30 April 1975, officially between North Vietnam (North Vietnam) and South Vietnam (South Vietnam). In. Saturday, April 27, 2024;. the Vietnamese New Year. VC and Communist sympathizers attacked military bases, government offices, and foreign embassies. They also executed thousands of civilians.


Vietnam War photos still powerful nearly 50 years later NBC News

Phase Two of the Tet Offensive of 1968 (also known as the May Offensive, Little Tet, and Mini-Tet) was launched by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Viet Cong (VC) against targets throughout South Vietnam, including Saigon from 29 April to 30 May 1968. The May Offensive was considered much bloodier than the initial phase of the Tet Offensive. U.S. casualties across South Vietnam were.


The Secret History of a Vietnam War Airstrike Gone Terribly Wrong The New York Times

March 29, 1973. The last U.S. military unit leaves Vietnam. In over a decade of fighting, some 58,000 U.S. troops have been killed. Vietnamese casualties include more than 200,000 South Vietnamese troops and more than 1,000,000 North Vietnamese soldiers and Viet Cong irregulars. Civilian deaths total as many as 2,000,000.


Worst Battles In The History Of War War History Online

The 1968 Battle of Khe Sanh was the longest, deadliest and most controversial of the Vietnam War, pitting the U.S. Marines and their allies against the North Vietnamese Army.Both sides have published official histories of the battle, and while these histories agree the fighting took place at Khe Sanh, they disagree on virtually every other aspect of it.


Vietnam War 1971 Three Soldiers Relaxing Around Campfire… Flickr

In 1975 South Vietnam fell to a full-scale invasion by the North. The human costs of the long conflict were harsh for all involved. Not until 1995 did Vietnam release its official estimate of war dead: as many as 2 million civilians on both sides and some 1.1 million North Vietnamese and Viet Cong fighters.