Thursday, March 3, 2011

Vietnam War





Source : wikipedia


The Vietnam War was a Cold War military conflict that occurred in Vietnam,Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955  to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the U.S. and other anti-communist nations. The Viet Cong, a lightly armed South Vietnamese communist-controlled common front, largely fought a guerrilla war against anti-communist forces in the region. The Vietnam People's Army (North Vietnamese Army) engaged in a more conventional war, at times committing large units into battle. U.S. and South Vietnamese forces relied on air superiority and overwhelming firepower to conduct search and destroy operations, involving ground forcesartillery and air strikes.




By kaustubh :

This cold war runs nearly 20 years in which both side lost lot of human resources.Most of the dead person belongs to innocent citizen of vietnam, which are killed by US army in which most soldiers belongs to very 16-20 years of age and they forcefully dragged into the war. For not being the part of the war most of them try ink so that they can show tuberculosis in their medical report or lot of them escape to Canada. Worldwide people come against the war including US also.


UH1 helicopter plays an major role in the battlefield yup they are carrying lot of marijuana from vietnam to america.
Gifted MIG and AK-47 from soviet side adds advantage to the north vietnam side. Poor country fights for 20 years and finally got victory not against the communism but in the favor of communism. The country is still undeveloped and poor :(   



Date1 November 1955– 30 April 1975 (19 years, 180 days)
Location South VietnamNorth Vietnam,CambodiaLaos
ResultNorth Vietnamese victory
  • Withdrawal of American forces from Indochina
  • Dissolution of South Vietnam
  • Communist governments take power in VietnamCambodia and Laos
Territorial
changes
Unification of North and South Vietnam under North Vietnamese rule.







The only war US lost till now. The below is the causalities at it's side..


South Vietnam South Vietnam
220,357 dead; 1,170,000 wounded
United States United States
58,220 dead; 1,719 missing; 303,635 wounded
South Korea South Korea
5,099 dead; 10,962 wounded; 4 missing

Australia Australia
521 dead; 3,000 wounded
New Zealand New Zealand
37 dead; 187 wounded
Thailand Thailand
1,351 dead
Laos Kingdom of Laos
30,000 killed, wounded unknown
Total dead: 315,384
Total wounded: ~1,490,000+








North Viatnamese side causalities :




North Vietnam FNL Flag.svg North Vietnam & NLF
1,176,000 dead/missing;
600,000+ wounded[
People's Republic of China P.R. China
1,446 dead; 4,200 wounded
Soviet Union Soviet Union
16 dead

Total dead: ~1,177,462 (highest estimate)
Total wounded: ~604,200  




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Kaustubh ............