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What is a theater death?
Theater is a military term for an area. Example: WWII had two main theaters; the European Theater and the Pacific Theater. One lesser known WWII theater was the CBI Theater (China/Burma/India), e.g. films: "Ojective Burma", starring Errol Flynn; and "Merrill's Marauders", starring Jeff Chandler.
The Vietnam War was between the Vietnam and the who?
Technically between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. Actually between the US and North Vietnam.
How did North America win the north Vietnam war?
North Vietnam won the war.
How did the South Vietnam's surrender to North Vietnam develop the Vietnam War?
South Vietnam's surrender to North Vietnam is what ended the Vietnam War. The North Vietnamese had the goal of Vietnamese Unification and the surrender of South Vietnam in 1975 allowed them to achieve that objective.
The war in Vietnam in the 1960s was a battle between?
North Vietnam and South Vietnam. South Vietnam was a democratic republic and North Vietnam had a socialist government headed by a communist regime. North Vietnam was trying to defeat the democracy of South Vietnam and unify the country.
What encouraged Johnson to send aircraft to bomb north Vietnam?
one of the following three things: 1) Mecha-Godzilla 2) Arrested Development getting cancelled 3) Bad Cabbage 4) Cabbage-Godzilla
Who was the troops from north Vietnam who fought in south Vietnam?
Men drafted into the North Vietnamese Army (NVA). North Viet women were used as transporters, nurses, construction teams, & anti-aircraft gunners (Anti-Aircraft Artillery=AAA crews) defending North Vietnam from US air strikes (bombing attacks). NVA used to write graffiti on their OD pith helmets "Born in the North, Died in the South."
What countries were covered during the Vietnam War?
The countries that were actually "physically" involved, and were bombed or had US aircraft crash into them, whether they were "officially" in the war or not, were: Lao's, Cambodia, North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
Why were the north Vietnamese and south Vietnamese fighting?
The NVA and ARVN fought in South Vietnam. The only fighting taking place in North Vietnam was between jet aircraft (the air war).
What was the average age of the north Vietnam soldier during the Vietnam war?
They appeared to mirror allied military men. Young and older men, and females were relegated to support duties (transport & repair) and primarily to duties defending their homeland (North Vietnam) in the anti-aircraft defense systems.
Where is north Vietnam?
There no longer is a North Vietnam, North Vietnam and South Vietnam were joined together after the Vietnam War.
What was America's role in the bombing campaign during Vietnam?
The US used every aircraft (to include U-2's & SR-71's) in it's inventory to bomb North Vietnam into submission. To destroy Hanoi's means of conducting the war in South Vietnam and to bring North Vietnam to peaceful negotiations (peace talks).
How the Vietnam war change?
The Vietnam War escalated from a Viet Cong guerrilla war to a war involving regular Army units of the North Vietnamese Army; including jet aircraft combat between US Air Force/US Navy jet fighter planes against North Vietnamese Air Force fighter aircraft.
In the Vietnam war who supported the north?
USSR-Trained North Vietnamese pilots in the Soviet Union to fly MIG-17 & MIG-21 jet aircraft. USSR supplied NVAF with those above jet aircraft. USSR supplied NVA with PT76 amphibious light tanks and T54/55 medium tanks. USSR supplied North Vietnam with SAM missiles (Surface to Air Missiles). Red China-Trained North Vietnamese pilots in Communist China to fly MIG-19 (J6 versions) jet aircraft. Red China supplied NVAF with MIG-19 jet aircraft (J6 versions).
Why did the US try to limit North Vietnam's power after it won its independence from France?
North Vietnam was controlled by communists.
Were there any woman solders in Vietnam?
North Vietnam utilized North Vietnamese women to man their anti-aircraft guns (AAA-Anti-Aircraft Artillery). North Viet women were also used to transport equipment, and repair bomb craters and roads. Communist women also worked as nurses and ordnance teams (building munitions/mines, etc.). Although everybody fought when cornered...women supported or replaced their men, as their men marched south into South Vietnam, defending the North when attacked by US jets. For South Vietnam, the US/Allies retained the centurie's old tradition: Protecting women and children.
Where was the Vietnam war fought at mosly?
There were two wars: The air war over North Vietnam and the ground war in South Vietnam. The US Air Force and US Navy (aircraft carriers) fought the war in the North. The US Army and Marine Corps fought the war in the South. USMC jets supported their marines in the south. The US Army and US Marine aviation units, for the most part, stayed out of North Vietnam.
