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Vietnam War    1950s-1975

 

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The Vietnam War

(1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975)

was an armed conflict

in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia

fought between North Vietnam

(Democratic Republic of Vietnam)

and South Vietnam

(Republic of 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 the United States.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Vietnam_War

 

 

 

warning: graphic / distressing

 

 

 

Vietnam war > Main timeline

 

 

Vietnam's President Thieu resigns > Fall of Saigon

April 1975

 

 

The Pentagon Papers - 1971

 

 

Vietnam war opponents

Kent State University shootings

May 4, 1970

 

 

Mỹ Lai massacre

March 16, 1968

 

 

Tet offensive

Jan. 31, 1968 - Feb. 25, 1968

 

 

Buddhist protests

 

 

Agent Orange, Agent blue

 

 

Secretary of State

Henry Kissinger   1923-2023

 

 

Secretary of Defense

Robert S. McNamara   1916-2009

 

 

General William C. Westmoreland   1914-2005

 

 

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Related

 

Vietnam: Stories From the Wall > NPR Podcasts

 

https://www.npr.org/podcasts/530069063/
vietnam-stories-from-the-wall

 

 

 

 

Michael David Herr    1940-2016        USA

 

Michael Herr ('s) depictions of Vietnam

redefined the genre of war reporting

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/06/24/
483412772/michael-herr-whose-vietnam-war-reporting-became-iconic-
dies-at-76

 

 

 

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