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At its core, it was a battle between Democracy and Communism fronted by surrogates with South Vietnam , Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Thailand, the Philippines and the US representing the former, and North Vietnam, China and the USSR standing in for Communism.

You also can't forget the Hmong, who fought against the Northern Vietnamese. The Hmong allied with the US.

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