The plan called for a rapid victory to split South Vietnam into three parts and give the North control of Saigon, capital of ...

In 1965, U.S. and South Vietnamese planes made their first bombing raids on North Vietnam. In 1970, Japan put a satellite, ...

Fifty years after the Vietnam War, South Vietnamese veterans and their families are still battling political and logistical ...

Example Bombing President Johnson ordered the bombing of strategic military targets in North Vietnam, including air raids on the capital city, Hanoi, and bases and supply routes for the Vietcong.

In January 1968, the People's Army of North Vietnam bombarded the US Marine garrison at Khe Sanh in South Vietnam. The siege lasted 77 days and was one of the longest and most gruesome battles in ...

Colonel Tomb was supposedly a double ace of the VPAF who scored anywhere from twelve to fourteen air-to-air kills against American warplanes. As the saying goes, “The first casualty of war is truth.” ...

After Ho's death, Le assumed leadership of North Vietnam. He was known publicly as Ba, or "Second Son." As a deputy commander in the Communist military, Tran Van Tra led the attack on Saigon ...

On Oct. 26, 1967, McCain's Douglas Skyhawk fighter jet was shot down over North ... in South Vietnam. Among them were soldiers and officers from all branches of the U.S. military who traveled ...

and the narrative of unification of North and South Vietnam in "Mùa Gió Chướng" ("Whirlwind Season") (1978). Allison is a professor of military history at Georgia Southern University.