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Who Started The Vietnam War?

Similar question: Which president started the Vietnam War? The First Indochina War ended with the French failure in the efforts to re-colonize Vietnam. In July 1954, the Geneva Accords were designed as an attempt... Continue reading

Why did the Vietnam War start?

Similar questions: what caused the Vietnam war? what started the Vietnam war? causes of the Vietnam war why was the Vietnam war fought? In short, the Vietnam War started as a result of the... Continue reading

When was the Vietnam war?

Gulf of Tonkin Incident

How did the Vietnam War start?

When did the Vietnam War start?

Tribute to Women Served in Vietnam

Laos & Cambodia Incursion

Tet Offensive

LBJ Goes to War

Tactics & Strategies

What was Nixon’s Vietnamization Policy?

Vietnamization was a policy of the Nixon administration during the Vietnam War soon after President Nixon took office in January 1969. The plan was... Continue reading

National Liberation Front: From Guerrilla Attacks to Conventional Warfare

From Viet Minh to Viet Cong At the end of the First Indochina War in 1954, there were some 60,000 Viet Minh members serving... Continue reading

What were North Vietnamese tactics?

What was Australian Tactics in Vietnam war?

The Controversy of Phoenix Program

Strategic Hamlet Program

How effective was the Vietnamization?

Major Battles

The Fall of Saigon

Operation Rolling Thunder

Why was the Tet Offensive the turning point of the Vietnam War?

The Tet Offensive

What were major Battles of the Vietnam War?

On the Home Front

Vietnam War protests

Vietnam Veterans Memorials

The Pentagon Papers

Vietnam POWs

Vietnam War Veterans

Vietnam War Draft

Watergate Scandal Timeline

Key People & Terms

Agent Orange in the Vietnam War

Notable Vietnam Veterans

Vietnamese Re-education Camps

White House Plumbers

Free Fire Zone

Credibility Gap

The End

When was the end of the Vietnam War?

There are two probable dates which could be considered as the end of the Vietnam War: 1. March 1973: On January 27, 1973, the United States, South Vietnam, North... Continue reading

How did the Vietnam War end?

Similar questions: The end of the Vietnam war Vietnam war ended The Tet Offensive in 1968 marked a major turning point in the Vietnam War for North and South Vietnam... Continue reading

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