| Vietnam War |
| Part of the Cold War |
A UH-1D helicopter climbs skyward after discharging a load of US infantrymen on a search and destroy mission. |
| Date |
September 26, 1959[1] – April 30, 1975 |
| Location |
South Vietnam, North Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos |
| Result |
Decisive North Vietnamese victory
Eventual American withdrawal and communist takeover of South Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.
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Territorial
changes |
Unification of North and South Vietnam under North Vietnamese rule. |
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| Belligerents |
| Anti-Communist forces:
 South Vietnam
 United States
 South Korea
 Australia
 Philippines
 New Zealand
 Khmer Republic
 Thailand
 Kingdom of Laos[citation needed]
 Republic of China
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Communist forces:
 North Vietnam
 Viet Cong
 Khmer Rouge
 Pathet Lao
 People's Republic of China
 Soviet Union
 North Korea
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| Commanders |
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
Nguyễn Cao Kỳ
Ngô Đình Diệm
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
William Westmoreland
Creighton Abrams
...more |
Hồ Chí Minh
Lê Duẩn
Võ Nguyên Giáp
Trần Văn Trà
...more |
| Strength |
~1,200,000 (1968)
South Vietnam: ~650,000
United States: 553,000 (1968)[2]
South Korea: 312,853,[3] New Zealand, Thailand, Philippines: 10,450[4]
Australia: 49,968 (1962–1973)[5] |
~520,000 (1968)
North Vietnam: ~340,000
PRC: 170,000 (1969)
Soviet Union: 3,000
North Korea: 300 |
| Casualties and losses |
South Vietnam 220,357 dead;[6] 1,170,000 wounded
US 58,159 dead;[6] 1,724 missing; 303,635 wounded[7]
South Korea 4,960 dead; 10,962 wounded
Kingdom of Laos 30,000 killed, wounded unknown[8]
Australia 520 dead;[6] 2,400* wounded
New Zealand 37 dead; 187 wounded
Thailand 1,351 dead[6]
Total dead: 315,831
Total wounded: ~1,490,000+
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North Vietnam & NLF 1,176,000 dead/missing;[6]
600,000+ wounded[9]
P.R. China 1,446 dead; 4,200 wounded
Soviet Union 16 dead[10]
Total dead: ~1,177,446
Total wounded: ~604,000+
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South Vietnamese civilian dead: 1,581,000*[6]
Cambodian civilian dead: ~700,000*
North Vietnamese civilian dead: ~2,000,000[11]
Laotian civilian dead: ~50,000*
* = approximations, see Casualties below
For more information on casualties see Vietnam War casualties
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