The Vietnam War The Vietnam War was a military struggle fought in Vietnam from 1959 to 1975. It began as a determined attempt by Communist guerrillas in the South, backed by Communist North Vietnam, to overthrow the government of South Vietnam. The struggle between North and South Vietnam ultimately widened into a limited international conflict. The United States, along with other countries, supported South Vietnam by supplying them with troops and munitions. North Vietnam and the Vietcong …showed first 75 words of 1062 total…

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