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In
1957 to 1965, it was mainly a struggle
between the South Vietnamese army and
Communist-trained South Vietnamese rebels
known as the Viet Cong. From 1965 to 1969
North Vietnam and United States did most of
the fighting. Australia, New Zealand, the
Philippines and South Korea, and Thailand
also were helping South Vietnam. By 1969 the
United States had about 540,000 troops in
South Vietnam. The war seemed endless and
started to withdraw its forces in 1969. The
war ended in April, 30,1975 when South
Vietnam surrender. We also we had eight
other major U.S bases. The Vietnam War was
the longest war the United States fought in.
No one knows how long the war lasted. Some
people think 18 years.
In August 1964 North Vietnam boats attacked
an American Destroyer in the Gulf of Tonkin.
When the american ships reported the attacks
the US Senate ordered to increace security
in the region.
In the spring of 1972 America had only six
thousand (6,000) combat troops remaining in
South Vietnam. Later in March 30,000 North
Vietnamese troops crossed the Demilitarized
Zone. A Demilitarized Zone is where there
isn't any milatery action.
In 1972 President Nixon unleashed the first
sustained bombing. The bombing killed at
least 100,000 communist troops.
After the 1972 election, Kissinger tried to
revise the agreement he had already made.
North Vietnam refused consider these
revisions. Kissinger threatened to renew air
assaults againist North Vietnam unless the
new conditions were made. Nixon unleased at
Christmas the final the most devesting
bombing of in war on Hanoi and Haiphong.The
war started to end in January 8, 1973. North
Vietnam and the United States resume peace
talks in Paris. Then in January 28, 1973 all
parties in the Vietnam War sign a Cease
Fire. At the end of the war almost 58,000
are dead, and over 1,000 are missing in
action. About 150,000 Americans were
seriously wounded.
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