Vietnam+War

 =The Vietnam War By: Jeremy= = Introduction = The Vietnam War was fought in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. It was fought from 1959 to April 30, 1975. The war was fought between the communist North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States.Other member nations of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization were also allies. ===How It Started ===


At the time, Vietnam had just ended the First Indochina War with France. At the end of the war, Vietnam was temporary divided into north and south Vietnam. North Vietnam came under the control of Vietnamese Communists who had disliked France and who wanted to join Vietnam under Communist rule. Non-Communist Vietnamese controlled the South. The United States joined because they believed if the entire country fell under co communism, it would begin to greatly spread.

During the war
During the war there were a total of 5 million casualties, 58,000 of which were u.s soldiers. The Vietcong, the lightly armed South Vietnamese communist insurgency, largely fought with a guerrilla war strategy against anti-communist forces. The North Vietnamese Army fought in a more traditional war, at times committing large-sized units into battle.

=How It Ended= The Vietnam War officialy ended for the United States in 1973 when they signed the "Paris Peace Accord." The War ended for the vietnamese when it fell to the north in 1975. North and south Vietnam then became one again the following year.