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Q who was the victor of the Vietnam war? A I have no idea who won the Vietnam war!!!!
No, the Vietnam War was in Vietnam
A military officer that fought in the Vietnam War. A Vietnam War soldier would be a "soldier that fought in the Vietnam War.
See: Vietnam War Timeline
The Vietnam War
Incidents such as My Lai were photographed. and televised
Both were against communist aggression. The cold war was no shooting; Vietnam was shooting.
02/04 August '64 Tonkin Gulf Incidents; that's what started the conventional war and war with North VN.
The two incidents (one actual sea battle, and one questionable sea battle) allowed President Johnson (LBJ) to transition the Vietnam War from a guerrilla war into a conventional open war against Hanoi (Capital of North Vietnam).
Tonkin Gulf "Incidents" August '64. Naval engagements between USN & NVN.
Vietnam was fought by WW2 leadership (WW2 veterans).
The term "escalation" is the accepted historically accurate term. But what really happened was the shifting of a "guerrilla" war in South Vietnam (RVN=Republic of South Vietnam) to a "conventional" war in South Vietnam AND open warfare against North Vietnam on or after the Tonkin Gulf sea battles (called incidents) on 02 & 04 August 1964. Vietnam was so touchy, that special terms had to be applied by the US administration, some examples follow: 1. The two sea battles in August 1964 were called "incidents." 2. The invasion of Cambodia on 01 May 1970 was called an "incursion." 3. Vietnam War is sometimes called "Vietnam Conflict"; which would also make the US Civil War a "Conflict" since it was not a declared war either.
What is a "blood related nickname?" Some GI or US public nicknames for the Vietnam/or the war were; "The Nam", "Indochina", or "Southeast Asia."
The official beginning of the conventional war (infantry, tanks, jets, etc.) and war between America and North Vietnam were the Tonkin Gulf naval battles (called incidents) in August 1964.
Vietnam has never had a civil war. The closest you could get would be the Vietnam War, which was fought between the separate although related countries of North and South Vietnam (along with the allies of each side).
If you weren't rich, or related to a politician, or if you weren't a college student...then you were, quite possibly, headed for Vietnam.