THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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the decades of conflict between North and South Vietnam
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how the North Vietnamese took over the capital of South Vietnam
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why Jacquelynn Nguyen decided to write about her uncle
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Peter Hoang’s experience as a POW in Vietnam
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Vietnam War – sometimes referred to as the Second Indochina War – lasted from 1959 to 1975. In Vietnam it is referred to as the American War. It was fought between the communist Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) and its allies, and the US-supported Republic of Vietnam in the south.
Detailed explanation-2: -Communist forces ended the war by seizing control of South Vietnam in 1975, and the country was unified as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam the following year.
Detailed explanation-3: -March 1965: President Johnson launches a three-year campaign of sustained bombing of targets in North Vietnam and the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Operation Rolling Thunder. The same month, U.S. Marines land on beaches near Da Nang, South Vietnam as the first American combat troops to enter Vietnam.
Detailed explanation-4: -The USSR was a major supplier of military aid such as arms, missiles and petrol. China was the supply route through which they were delivered to North Vietnam.