The beginning and end of the U.S. Vietnam War?

The U.S. Vietnam War occurred in a large-scale local war that broke out in Southeast Asia during the Cold War from 1955 to 1975 after World War II.

The United States’ Vietnam War is the Vietnam War. It was a war between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam supported by the United States and other capitalist camp countries and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam supported by the Soviet Union and China and other socialist camp countries. It took place in Vietnam (the main battlefield), Laos, and Cambodia during the Cold War. A large-scale local war that broke out in Southeast Asia after World War II had a profound impact on Asian international politics.

The Vietnam War lasted for 20 years from 1955 to 1975 and was divided into five stages. Among them, the second, third, and fourth stages (1961-1973) were the periods when the United States assisted the Vietnam War.

1. In the first stage, from 1955 to 1960, with the support of the United States, the Ngo Dinh Diem clique launched a campaign to “control the Communist Party” and “destroy the Communist Party” and massacre the North Vietnamese communist products. party. China and the Soviet Union supported the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, which triggered the Civil War in Vietnam.

2. The second stage, from 1961 to 1964, involved the United States. At the end of April 1961, when Kennedy decided to increase military advisors to Vietnam and dispatch the first batch of U.S. special forces, he ordered reinforcements. secret war. The trigger of the incident was the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, and the United States began to deploy soldiers head-on in Vietnam. At the same time, China and the Soviet Union intervened. In the summer of 1962, at the request of Vietnam, Chinese leaders decided to provide Vietnam with weapons and equipment that could equip 230 battalions free of charge.

3. In the third stage, the United States directly participated in the war from 1965 to 1968. On March 2, 1965, U.S. President Johnson approved "Operation Rolling Thunder" to carry out large-scale bombing of North Vietnam. On March 8, 3,500 U.S. Marines landed in Da Nang, Vietnam, and the Vietnam War officially broke out.

4. The fourth stage, from 1969 to 1973, the U.S. military’s operations in Vietnam. The U.S. government’s Vietnamization policy included the gradual withdrawal of U.S. troops, the expansion and re-equipment of the South Vietnamese army, and the intensification of attacks on North Vietnam. bombing intensity, and announced a gradual withdrawal of U.S. troops from South Vietnam due to domestic pressure and humanitarian reasons.

5. In the fifth stage, from 1973 to 1975, after the withdrawal of US military forces from South Vietnam, the Nguyen Van Thieu regime in South Vietnam was very isolated. On April 30, 1975, North Vietnamese tanks roared into the South Vietnamese Presidential Palace. Yang Wenming immediately announced his surrender.

Extended information:

The Vietnam War was the war with the largest number of participants and the most significant impact that the United States participated in after World War II. In the end, the United States failed in the Vietnam War. The Vietnam People's Army and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam finally overthrew the Republic of Vietnam and unified Vietnam. Vietnam paid a huge price for its independence. The Vietnam War resulted in the death of more than 1.6 million people in Vietnam and the displacement of more than 10 million refugees throughout Indochina.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia_Vietnam War