Effective? The North Vietnamese were the most determined. Effective? The United States had the most firepower.
The opposite side did win.
Indigenous jungle troops from Vietnam, Cambodia, and laos who fought side ny side with the allied soldiers and special forces teams during the Vietnam conflict 1953-1973.
Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon and Robert Strange McNamara were key people during the Vietnam War on the US side. Hồ Chí Minh was a key person on the side of the North Vietnamese.
Vietnam and Laos. Vietnam and Laos. Vietnam and Laos. Vietnam and Laos.
Vietnam reunited in 1976 after the end of the Vietnam war, South Vietnam (democratic side) losing to North Vietnam (communist side).
North Vietnam.
Northern aggression started it.
The exact number of soldiers who died in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War is difficult to determine, as there are varying estimates. However, it is believed that around 1 million soldiers from North Vietnam died during the conflict.
Neither side was squeaky clean at the outcome of it all. One of the most famous incidents in this regard by the Americans was the My Lai massacre.
Australia provided their superb Centurion medium battle tank to supplement America's Patton tanks against the communist enemy in Vietnam.
See: Statistics About the Vietnam War. Recommended by the History Channel.
South Vietnam