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Vietnam map of Köppen climate classification Hundreds of active fires burning across the hills and valleys of Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam (labelled with red dots). Vietnam's climate, being located in the tropics and strongly influenced by the South China Sea has a monsoon-influenced climate typical of that of mainland Southeast Asia.
Map of Vietnam showing its territorial expansions, 11th to 19th century Đại Việt, Champa and Khmer Empire (12th century) Northern and Southern dynasties (Vietnam)(1533–1592) Vietnam in 17th century during the Trịnh–Nguyễn War Map of Vietnam under the control of Trịnh lords and Nguyễn lords Map of division of French Indochina North and South Vietnam (1954–1976)
Dictionary of the Vietnam War. New York: Greenwood Press, Inc. Gareth Porter, Perils Of Dominance: Imbalance Of Power And The Road To War In Vietnam, University of California Press (June, 2005), hardcover, 403 pages, ISBN 0-520-23948-2; Robert Schulzinger. 1997. A Time for War: The United States and Vietnam, 1941–1975.
US Army map indicating War Zones C, D, and the Iron Triangle, circa 1965-1967. The Iron Triangle (Vietnamese:Tam Giác Sắt) was a 120 square miles (310 km 2) area in the Bình Dương Province of Vietnam, so named due to it being a stronghold of Viet Minh activity during the war.
Bitter fighting between the two sides continued during the Vietnam War, ending with a communist victory in 1975. Emerging from a long and bitter war, the war-ravaged nation was politically isolated. The government's centrally planned economic decisions hindered post-war reconstruction and its treatment of the losing side engendered more ...
Various names have been applied and have shifted over time, though Vietnam War is the most commonly used title in English. It has been called the Second Indochina War since it spread to Laos and Cambodia, [63] the Vietnam Conflict, [64] [65] and Nam (colloquially 'Nam). In Vietnam it is commonly known as Kháng chiến chống Mỹ (lit.
North Vietnam utilized the geography and ecology of the region to conceal their activities and move resources, such as via the complex network of tunnels and paths in the Ho Chi Minh trail. In response, the United States developed and deployed technologies and campaigns to clear forests and destabilize soil, greatly impacting the environment. [ 2 ]
On 2 July 1976, North and South Vietnam were merged to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. [154] The war had devastated Vietnam and killed 966,000 to 3.8 million people. [155] [156] [157] A 1974 US Senate subcommittee estimated nearly 1.4 million Vietnamese civilians were killed or wounded between 1965 and 1974—including 415,000 killed.