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  1. 6 days ago · The Vietnam War (1954–75) was a conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam and its allies in South Vietnam, the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. It was part of a larger regional conflict as well as a manifestation of the Cold War.

  2. Oct 18, 2024 · Unknown soldier. The unknown soldier from the Vietnam War who was buried in the Tomb of the Unknowns was authorized a Medal of Honor and in 1998 was identified as 1st Lieutenant Michael Blassie, USAF.

  3. Oct 8, 2024 · We can see how the Vietnam War, a conflict that became known as Lyndon Johnson’s war, and later Richard Nixon’s war, took root in the Kennedy years. It was JFK who sanctioned more direct involvement in Vietnamese affairs and publicly established Southeast Asia as a new frontier of the Cold War.

  4. Oct 22, 2024 · Inconclusive rumors that the British Royal Air Force (RAF) flew occasional covert missions in the Vietnam War have circulated for decades, but so far evidence that British aircraft provided anything more than humanitarian relief services, notably by delivering supplies earmarked for refugees, has proved elusive. [1]

  5. 6 days ago · Why did the Vietnam War start? Was the Vietnam War technically a war? Who won the Vietnam War? How many people died in the Vietnam War? Why is William Westmoreland important?

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  6. Oct 7, 2024 · Why did the rise of an anti-colonial, national movement prompt such a ferocious playing out of the Cold War? And what were its consequences? This is a Short History Of The Vietnam War.

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  8. Oct 13, 2024 · The Vietnam War took place in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia from November 1 1955, to the fall of Saigon on April 30 1975. It played a role during the Cold War period. Was part of the broader Indochina Wars.