USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -It was nominally fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union, China, and other communist allies; South Vietnam was supported by the United States, South Korea, the Philippines, Australia, Thailand, and other anti-communist allies.

Detailed explanation-2: -Americans and their South Vietnamese allies referred to the People’s Liberation Armed Forces as “insurgents” or “Viet Cong.” U.S. military advisers were sent to Vietnam to train and support South Vietnamese troops.

Detailed explanation-3: -The South Korean Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force all participated as an ally of the United States. The number of troops from South Korea was much greater than those from Australia and New Zealand, and second only to the U.S. military force for foreign troops located in South Vietnam.

Detailed explanation-4: -A total of six nations sent combat troops to fight in South Vietnam against North Vietnam and the southern-based Viet Cong insurgency in the 1960s and 1970s. These nations were the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Republic of (South) Korea, Thailand, and the Philippines.