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"Vietnam War". HISTORY, 2022, https://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnam-war-history. Accessed 21 Apr 2022.

"Vietnam War Timeline". Encyclopedia Britannica, 2022, https://www.britannica.com/list/vietnam-war-timeline. Accessed 21 Apr 2022.

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Surrogate war is fighting another country but not directly.

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Because they weren’t really an actual war it was a lot of mini-competitions and fighting against each other is in different wars not concerning them.

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 Why are the Vietnamese are fighting each other in the early 1950s? 

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 Why are the Vietnamese are fighting each other in the early 1950s? 

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The North Vietnamese started an attack on south with the USSR influence and their goal was to absorb south Vietnam while the USA helped the south fight.

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What part or role does the United States play in the Vietnam War and WHY?

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What part or role does the United States play in the Vietnam War and WHY?

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The USA helped south Vietnam because they had a capitalistic government.

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What part or role does the Soviet Union play in the Vietnam War and WHY?

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What part or role does the Soviet Union play in the Vietnam War and WHY?

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The USSR helped North Vietnam because they had a Communist government.

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July 21, 1954
The Geneva Accords effectively divide Vietnam in two at the 17th parallel.

November 2, 1963
Ngo Dinh Diem is assassinated by his own generals as part of a coup d’état that is carried out with the tacit support of U.S. officials.

January 30, 1968
During the Vietnamese New Year holiday of Tet, North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces begin an offensive that will eventually hurl some 85,000 troops against five major cities, dozens of military installations, and scores of towns and villages throughout South Vietnam.

March 16, 1968
As many as 500 unarmed villagers are killed by U.S. Army troops in the hamlet of My Lai. Groups of women, children, and elderly men are shot at close range by elements of Charlie Company of the 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 11th Infantry Brigade.

April 29, 1975
Shortly before 11:00 AM, the American Radio Service network begins to broadcast the prerecorded message that the temperature in Saigon is “105 degrees and rising” followed by a 30-second excerpt from the song “White Christmas.” This signals the start of Operation Frequent Wind, the emergency evacuation of Saigon.

The 5th one is very important because it kind of signals defeat from the USA because they are having to retreat and get people out of their.

Jan 30 was a very big win for the USA because they caught the North off guard and took some major objectives.

July 21 This proposal from Geneva started the war because the North wanted to just be one. This sparked the North to invade the South thus starting the war.

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Their wasnt ever really a clear winner but most people agree the USSR and north Vietnam won. Vietnam is now a whole country. Now Vietnam is a Communistic country

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The Vietnam war is a very debated topic in todays world, whether the USA won or no, or whether we should’ve even been in the war. Regardless the war was a part of 3 different wars in the Cold War that the superpowers were in. It had moral down for the USA and even some people shamed the Vietnam veterans for even going to the war. Today in Washington D.C there is a wall of all American Soilders who died in the war. Also now Vietnam is one whole countr