Vietnam War
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Vietnam War — Vietnam War, the (1954 75) a long ↑civil war between the Communist forces of North Vietnam and the non Communist forces of South Vietnam, which ended when South Vietnam was finally defeated in 1975, and Vietnam was united again as one country.… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Vietnam War — n. the war (c. 1957 75) between North Vietnam and South Vietnam: the U.S. participated on the side of South Vietnam, with its greatest military involvement in the period c. 1965 69 … English World dictionary
Vietnam War — Part of the Cold War and the Indochina Wars … Wikipedia
Vietnam War — a conflict, starting in 1954 and ending in 1975, between South Vietnam (later aided by the U.S., South Korea, Australia, the Philippines, Thailand, and New Zealand) and the Vietcong and North Vietnam. [1960 65] * * * (1955–75) Protracted effort… … Universalium
Vietnam War — /vjɛtˌnam ˈwɔ/ (say vyet.nahm waw) noun a war, 1959–75, between the Vietcong, supported by North Vietnam, and the South Vietnamese government, supported by the US; withdrawal of US troops from 1973; defeat of South Vietnamese government 1975.… …
Vietnam War Story II — is a 1988 film that was released direct to video. The film consists of three 30 minute segments, each filmed by a different director. The first segment stars Wesley Snipes as a young soldier in the Vietnam War. The film was based on the… … Wikipedia
Vietnam War/introduction — The Vietnam War (occurring from 1959 to April 30, 1975) was a military conflict in present day Vietnam between Vietnamese nationalists (Viet Minh, Democratic Republic of Vietnam [or North Vietnam ] with the National Front for the Liberation of… … Wikipedia
Vietnam War casualties — The Vietnam War began in 1959 and did not end until 1975. By then, it had escalated from an insurgency in South Vietnam sponsored by the North Vietnamese government to a direct military intervention in the south by North Vietnam and the United… … Wikipedia
Vietnam War Crimes Tribunal — Das erste Russell Tribunal, auch unter der Bezeichnung Vietnam War Crimes Tribunal (englisch für „Vietnam Kriegsverbrechen Tribunal“) bekannt, wurde 1966 von dem britischen Mathematiker und Philosophen Lord Bertrand Russell, Ken Coates und… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Vietnam War Crimes Working Group Files — The Vietnam War Crimes Working Group Files is a collection of formerly secret documents compiled by Pentagon investigators in the early 1970s, confirming that by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War were more extensive than had been officially… … Wikipedia
Vietnam War — noun a prolonged war (1954 1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States • Syn: ↑Vietnam • Regions: ↑Vietnam, ↑Socialist Republic of… … Useful english dictionary
