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The former NORTH Vietnam won the war; they are known as just Vietnam today.
People in the United States who wanted to withdraw from Vietnam were generally known as "doves". They called their opponents "hawks".
VietnamVietnam and the United States both endured a war in the 1960's. This war was called the Vietnam War and it is one of the most known wars.
The Communist's opponents were known as White Russians or Whites and their military was referred to as the White Army. This was to distinguish them from the Red that the Communists had chosen as their symbolic color.
The Vietnam War divided Americans due to the different beliefs of the war's proponents and opponents. Many youth were vehemently opposed to the war and protested it openly. It was also the first war to be covered on TV, making the realities of war even easier for people to see.
The people who supported the Vietnam War were commonly knowns as hawks.
The war America is in currently is similar to the Vietnam war because there is the same tactics being used them by the opponents as there is in current wars. Tactics known as guerrilla warfare where the opponent attacks and then flees making it hard for the Americans to work out who and where the enemy is.
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The French Vietnam War was 1946-1954 (also known as the 1st Indochina War). The US Vietnam War was 1961-1973 (also known as the 2nd Indochina War).
The former NORTH Vietnam won the war; they are known as just Vietnam today.
US/Allies verses North Vietnamese Army/Air Force/Navy and VC.
The French fought the 1st Indochina War (1946-1954). (Also known as the French-Vietnam War). The US fought the 2nd Indochina War (1961-1973). (Also known as the US-Vietnam War)
Giap was the most known.
It was mainly in Vietnam which when the war began was divided into the Republic of Vietnam (known as RVN or South Vietnam) and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (known as DRV or North Vietnam). After the war ended (with defacto victory for North Vietnam) both Vietnam's were re-united. That state is now called the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. During the war fighting also spilled over into neighbouring Laos and Cambodia.
People in the United States who wanted to withdraw from Vietnam were generally known as "doves". They called their opponents "hawks".
VietnamVietnam and the United States both endured a war in the 1960's. This war was called the Vietnam War and it is one of the most known wars.
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