US allies were: Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, Thailand, S. Korea, and S. VN.
USA and Australia were allies because of the SEATO and ANZUS agreement.
North defeated the South.
The Vietnam Conflict, popularly known as the Vietnam War (also known as the Second Indochina War and colloquially as Vietnam or Nam as well as the American War or Kh�ng chiến chống Mỹ [lol in English please], the Resistance War Against America in Vietnam) was a conflict in which the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN, or North Vietnam) and its allies fought against the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, or South Vietnam) and its allies. North Vietnam's allies included the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam, the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China. South Vietnam's main allies included the United States, South Korea and Australia all of who deployed large numbers of troops. US combat troops were involved from 1959 until their official withdrawal in 1973. A large number of civilian casualties resulted from the war, which ended on April 30, 1975 with the capitulation of South Vietnam. It was a war in which the united states got into to fight off communism The Vietnam War was a war based on the separation of the country Vietnam. North Vietnam was communist and South Vietnam was Republic. The Fighting started when North Vietnam wanted to unite the North and the South and establish a communist government. The United States stepped in and backed up the South. The fighting started with the North saying they were going to unite the country and the South and the US saying that they were fighting off communist. The US drafted soldiers to the war and many of them died. After, 15 years of fighting North Vietnam won and established a unified but communist Vietnam. The Vietnam war is considered to be the only war that the US has ever lost.
North Vietnam was controlled by communists.
Those statistics are itemized on the "Vietnam War casualties" website.
When the Vietnam War ended in 1975, North and South Vietnam became one communist nation called Vietnam.
North Vietnam verses the US & it's allies.
The communist North Vietnam or PAVN and their allies vs. the Republic South Vietnam with America and their allies
North Vietnam/VC vs allies
North Vietnam/VC against the US/allies.
The Vietnam War or Second Indochinese War was a military engagement between North Vietnam and its allies (principally China and the USSR) and South Vietnam and its allies (principally the United States). From the South Vietnamese and US perspective, North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam in an attempt to annex it. From the North Vietnamese perspective, North Vietnam was liberating South Vietnam from illegal US occupation and manipulation.
The Vietnam War or Second Indochinese War was a military engagement between North Vietnam and its allies (principally China and the USSR) and South Vietnam and its allies (principally the United States). From the South Vietnamese and US perspective, North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam in an attempt to annex it. From the North Vietnamese perspective, North Vietnam was liberating South Vietnam from illegal US occupation and manipulation.
North defeated the South.
North Vietnam (NVA) fighting South Vietnam (ARVN) with the US/allies helping out the south.
Basically, the Vietnamese sides, north and south, each had allies and supporters. These allies joined with the troops in Vietnam. The US was on the side of the south. They lost.
The United States didn't fight against South Vietnam in fact they were allies fighting against North Vietnam.
It was a civil war of sorts, with North Vietnam fighting to unify the country with the help of allies China and the Soviet Union - and South Vietnam, defended by western and Asian allies in the South East Asia Treaty Organization. (SEATO)
NORTH VIETNAM supplied by Red China and the Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics against the US and allies.