Ben Hai River Parallel 17th: DMZ Border in the Vietnam W.a.r | Amazing Things in Vietnam

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The Vietnam War (1955-1975) began as a conflict between communist North Vietnam, supported by the Soviet Union and China, and anti-communist South Vietnam, backed by the United States. Rooted in Cold War tensions and Vietnam’s struggle for independence from French colonial rule, it escalated with U.S. military involvement in the 1960s, peaking at over 500,000 American troops. The war caused massive casualties—over 58,000 U.S. soldiers and millions of Vietnamese civilians and fighters died. Publi