The Vietnam War was a long, costly and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The conflict was intensified by the ongoing Cold War between the United St
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what caused the vietnam war
The causes of the Vietnam War revolve around the simple belief held by America that communism was threatening to expand all over south-east Asia. Neither the Soviet Union nor the United States could risk an all-out war against each other, such was th
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what where some of the tactics
Booby traps. Mines: the VC substitute for artillery. Anti-guerrilla sweeps in populated areas. Main force confrontation. Protracted war and staying power.
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who won the vietnam war
The United States Yet, by 1976, South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia were communist. The United States won almost all of its battles against the Viet Cong, but the communists still won the war
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The Vietnam War was a long, costly and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The conflict was intensified by the ongoing Cold War between the United St
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what was the vietnam war
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The causes of the Vietnam War revolve around the simple belief held by America that communism was threatening to expand all over south-east Asia. Neither the Soviet Union nor the United States could risk an all-out war against each other, such was th
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Booby traps. Mines: the VC substitute for artillery. Anti-guerrilla sweeps in populated areas. Main force confrontation. Protracted war and staying power.
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The United States Yet, by 1976, South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia were communist. The United States won almost all of its battles against the Viet Cong, but the communists still won the war
In what why did the US "win" the Vietnam war? They lost 58,000 troops and spent $167 billion dollars and had nothing to show for it. They made peace at the Paris Peace Accords of 73', they didn't win.
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