Guerrilla activity commenced in '55 through '64. Conventional warfare commenced in '65 after the Tonkin Gulf Incident. It all ended in '75 when the north took the south's capital with T54 medium tanks.
it started in 1954 and ended in 1979
hmmm?
Australia had nothing to do with the Vietnam War.
1955 South Vietnam.
The North won.
Vietnam was at war with France before the US intervened in the sixties. In fact, they defeated the French in 1956 and became independent, but divided into North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The Vietnam war the US was in was the result of the North and their communist sympathizers in the South (the Viet Cong) trying to unite the country under communism. When the US pulled out in 1975, they were successful.
1955 until 1975.
hmmm?
The fall of Saigon ended the Vietnam war and signified a start of the Communist ruling in Vietnam.
19 years, 180 days
1 November 1995 - 30 April 1975
At the end of the Vietnam War, Congress refused to support South Vietnam any longer.
Australia had nothing to do with the Vietnam War.
1955 South Vietnam.
If we invade North Vietnam, the chances would have been, China & stupid Soviets enter the war and start a WWIII.
America served in the Vietnam war for about 16 years until the end of it, and the country put in so much effort and money and time and men, and South Vietnam still fell to Communism in the end. And of course many, many people obviously died during those 16 years.
The Democratic Republic of Vietnam (AKA North Vietnam) .
See website: Moratoriums to end the war in Vietnam.