War1955 CE – 1975 CESoutheast Asia

Vietnam War

A Cold War proxy conflict between North Vietnam (communist, Soviet/Chinese-backed) and South Vietnam (US-backed) that killed over 3 million people.

Key Figures
Ho Chi MinhLyndon B. JohnsonRichard NixonVo Nguyen Giap

Preceding Causes

Post-WWII Vietnamese independence struggle, Eisenhower's Domino Theory, Cold War proxy warfare, and corrupt South Vietnamese government.

War1947 CE

Cold War

A geopolitical and ideological rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union that defined global politics for over four decades through nuclear deterrence, proxy wars, and competition for influence across the developing world.

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