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A Surrogate or Proxy War is a conflict between two parties that don't fight directly but instead on behalf of two other parties.

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1950-1954: Movement against the French Settlement in Vietnam begin. This will eventually start the war.
May 1959: Guerrilla attacks begin
July 1959: The first american soldiers were killed in Vietnam. This would start a catastrophic events of casualties for the US and Vietnam.
August 1964: America officially joins the war after the attacks in the Gulf of Tonkin. This leads to one of the biggest conflicts in US history.
July 1975: The war ends

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The USSR assisted North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. According to the BBC, "The USSR agreed to supply deliveries of food, petroleum, transportation equipment, iron and steel, other metals, fertilisers, arms, munitions and other commodities, for strengthening North Vietnam's defences." This led to a Surrogate War between the two superpowers.

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After the Gulf of Tonkin Attacks, the us entered the war. Despite this, many americans didn't agree with this decision. Many troops would just go to Vietnam to die and many people were drafted. This was one of the wars that the US did very poorly in.

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In the early 1950's The Already Communist North Vietnam wanted a communist form of government while the south wanted a non-communist system. This led to internal conflict in Vietnam.

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The Cold War was an interesting type of war. The definition of a war is "a state of armed conflict between different nations or states or different groups within a nation or state.", but withe the cold war, there was no armed combat between the US and USSR. It was a global competition between the cold countries.

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In the end, Vietnam fell to communism. The US and South Vietnam had a good fight, but the use of its terrain and guerrilla war tactics the North was able to take over. The war severely took a toll on Vietnam's population. According to the BBC, "The war killed an estimated 2 million Vietnamese civilians, 1.1 million North Vietnamese troops and 200,000 South Vietnamese troops." The war also took a staggering toll on the US's economy.

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Surrogate/Proxy Wars played a big role in the Cold War. The multi-decade long war still fascinates historians and people to this day, from it's major competitions for government, and to the conflicts it managed to avoid, but in the midst of it all the two superpowers still found ways to fight indirectly. The Surrogate Wars were a way for both countries to fight and without them, the Cold War could have been a whole lot deadlier.