By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica.Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. Neighbouring In 1995 Vietnam released its official estimate of the number of people killed during the Vietnam War: as many as 2,000,000 civilians on both sides and some 1,100,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong fighters. For U.S. forces, even just finding their enemy proved difficult.Since Viet Cong hid in the dense brush, U.S. forces would drop In every village, U.S. troops had difficulty determining which, if any, villagers were the enemy since even women and children could build booby traps or help house and feed the Viet Cong.





The Vietnam war escalation began with the Gulf of Tonkin incident.



The Vietnam war escalation began with the Gulf of Tonkin incident.







Necessarily, more is lost to time than is remembered. Vietnam War summary: Summary of the Vietnam War: The Vietnam War is the commonly used name for the Second Indochina War, 1954–1975.

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Assured by his military advisers that such a halt would not adversely affect the military situation, Johnson announced the cessation of bombing on the last day of October. Since the end of the war, the Vietnam War has become a benchmark for what not to do in all future U.S. foreign conflicts. Over the next three years, American forces focused on searching and destroying Viet Cong and North Vietnamese units operating in the south.

On August 2, 1964, USS Maddox, an American destroyer, was attacked in the Gulf of Tonkin by three North Vietnamese torpedo boats while conducting an intelligence mission. Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students.

Send the First Troops to Vietnam?Who Were the Viet Cong and How Did They Affect the War? The Viet Cong would attack in ambushes, set up booby traps, and escape through a complex network of underground tunnels. After eliminating most of his rivals, Ngo Dinh Diem was elected. An examination of the Vietnam war issue in 1968 suggests, however, that much of the explanation may lie instead with the electoral process itself, and with the kinds of choices which are offered to citizens. Shocking images such as Nick Ut's "Napalm Girl" and Eddie Adams' "Saigon Execution" have become synonymous with the widespread outrage and …

Ronald H. Spector is Professor of History and International Affairs in the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University.



He has appeared on The History Channel as a featured expert. U.S. Marines bombing bunkers and tunnels used by the Viet Cong, 1966.A map showing bases and supply routes during the Vietnam War.Vietnamese refugees waiting to be taken aboard the USS Get exclusive access to content from our 1768 First Edition with your subscription.

In 1964, many students illegally burnt their draft cards.

As anti-Vietnam War protests increased remarkably in the United States during late 1960s, the draft apparently became a target of many criticism.

View Gallery. In the early 1970s, draft resistance reached its peak.






U.S. troops wading through a marsh in the Mekong delta, South Vietnam, 1967.

That process would be reversed upon their completion of tour of duty in Vietnam. Those who argue that the United States won the war point to the fact that the U.S. defeated communist forces during most of Vietnam’s major battles. His leadership, however, proved so horrible that he was killed in 1963 during a coup supported by the United States.Since Diem had alienated many South Vietnamese during his tenure, communist sympathizers in South Vietnam established the National Liberation Front (NLF), also known as the As the fighting between the Viet Cong and the South Vietnamese continued, the U.S. continued to send additional advisers to South Vietnam.When the North Vietnamese fired directly upon two U.S. ships in international waters on August 2 and 4, 1964 (known as the President Lyndon Johnson used that authority to order the first U.S. ground troops to Vietnam in March 1965.President Johnson's goal for U.S. involvement in Vietnam was not for the U.S. to win the war, but for U.S. troops to bolster South Vietnam's defenses until South Vietnam could take over.By entering the Vietnam War without a goal to win, Johnson set the stage for future public and troop disappointment when the U.S. found themselves in a stalemate with the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong.From 1965 to 1969, the U.S. was involved in a limited war in Vietnam.

In March 1968, with protests against the Vietnam War growing, U.S. Pres.

Dates of the Vietnam War: 1959 -- April 30, 1975 Also Known As: American War in Vietnam, the Vietnam Conflict, Second Indochina War, War … In that respect, it failed: the two Vietnams were united under a communist banner in July 1976. The agreement that came out of the conference (called the In addition, a general democratic election was to be held in 1956 that would reunite the country under one government.


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