Sunday, July 28, 2024

Collection of facts about the Vietnam War

This post is a collection of facts about the Vietnam War (1955-1975). There are 22 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

  • North Vietnam and Viet Cong supported by Soviet Union and China
  • South Vietnam supported by United States
  • Total casualties: 1.3 - 3.4 million
  • Vietnamese civilian casualties: 400 thousand - 2.0 million
  • US casualties: 58 thousand
  • 1954 Geneva Conference ends French Indochina and establishes 17th parallel border between North Vietnam and South Vietnam
  • North Vietnam invades Laos: 1958
  • Laotian Civil War: 1959-1975
  • Buddhist crisis: 1963
  • South Vietnam President Ngô Đình Dim assassinated: November 2nd, 1963
  • Gulf of Tonkin incident: 1964
  • Operation Rolling Thunder: 1965-1968
  • Buddhist Uprising: 1966
  • Cambodian Civil War: 1967-1975
  • Huế massacre: 1968
  • My Lai massacre: 1968
  • Tet Offensive: 1968
  • Easter Offensive: 1972
  • Paris Peace Accords: 1973
  • 1975 spring offensive
  • Fall of Phnom Penh: April 1975
  • Fall of Saigon: April 30th, 1975

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