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Vietnam War
	Part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War
	Clockwise from top left: American Huey helicopters insert South Vietnamese troops, 1970.; North Vietnamese soldiers in action, c. 1966.; American marines use a flamethrower, 1967.; South Vietnamese general Nguyễn Ngọc Loan summarily executes Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém during the Tet Offensive.; Two A-4C Skyhawk's fly past the anti-submarine aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge, 1964.; Civilians in Hue massacred by American troops.;
Date	1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975; (19 years, 5 months, 4 weeks and 1 day)
Result	North Vietnamese and Viet Cong victory Withdrawal of US coalition's forces from Vietnam in 1973 after the Paris Peace Accords; Communist forces take power in South Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos; Start of the "boat people" and refugee crises; Start of the Cambodian genocide and the Third Indochina War;
Territorial; changes	Reunification of North Vietnam and South Vietnam into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Belligerents
North Vietnam; Viet Cong; Pathet Lao; Khmer Rouge; Khmer Rumdo; Supported by:; China; Soviet Union; North Korea	United States; South Vietnam; Laos; Khmer Republic; South Korea; Australia; New Zealand; Thailand; Supported by:; Philippines; Taiwan
Commanders and leaders
Saloth Sar; Norodom Sihanouk	†; Nguyen Van Thieu; Nguyen Cao Ky; Cao Van Vien; Souvanna Phouma; Lon Nol; Park Chung Hee; Chae Myung-shin; Robert Menzies; Harold Holt; Thanom Kittikachorn

Pacific War
	Part of World War II
	Clockwise from top left: US Marines raise the flag over Iwo Jima; Japanese naval aircraft prepare for takeoff to attack Pearl Harbor; USS Bunker Hill after being struck by Kamikazes; Indian soldiers during the Burma campaign; Japanese soldiers in China during Operation Ichi-Go; Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki;
Date	7 December 1941 – 2 September 1945; (3 years, 8 months, 3 weeks and 5 days)
Location	East Asia; South Asia; Southeast Asia; Oceania; ; Pacific Ocean; Indian Ocean; ;
Result	Allied victory
Territorial; changes	Allied occupation of Japan
Belligerents
Allies: United States Philippines; ; China ; United Kingdom India; Burma; Malaya; ; Australia ; New Zealand ; Netherlands Dutch East Indies; ; Soviet Union ; Mongolia ;	Axis: Japan Korea; Taiwan; ; Client states: ; Manchuria ; China (Nanjing) ; Thailand ; Burma ; Philippines ; Free India ;
Commanders and leaders
Iosif Stalin; Aleksandr Vasilevsky	José P. Laurel; Subhas Chandra Bose

^ Since July 1937
^ ^a ^b From August 1945
invading China since 1937, war was not officially declared. Japan would later attack Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, which brought the contained war in China into the wider global conflict.^[1]

Vietnam War
Part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War
Clockwise from top left:

American Huey helicopters insert South Vietnamese troops, 1970.

North Vietnamese soldiers in action, c. 1966.

American marines use a flamethrower, 1967.

South Vietnamese general Nguyễn Ngọc Loan summarily executes Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém during the Tet Offensive.

Two A-4C Skyhawk's fly past the anti-submarine aircraft carrier
USS Kearsarge
, 1964.

Civilians in Hue
massacred
by American troops.

Date 1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975
(19 years, 5 months, 4 weeks and 1 day)^{Cambodia, Laos, South China Sea, Gulf of Thailand}
Result
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong victory

Withdrawal of US coalition's forces from Vietnam in 1973 after the Paris Peace Accords

Communist forces take power in South Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos

Start of the "boat people" and refugee crises

Start of the Cambodian genocide and the Third Indochina War
Territorial
changes Reunification of North Vietnam and South Vietnam into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Belligerents
North Vietnam
Viet Cong
Pathet Lao
Khmer Rouge
Khmer Rumdo
Supported by:
China
Soviet Union
North Korea United States
South Vietnam
Laos
Khmer Republic
South Korea
Australia
New Zealand
Thailand
Supported by:
Philippines
Taiwan
Commanders and leaders

Saloth Sar
Norodom Sihanouk

†
Nguyen Van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Cao Van Vien
Souvanna Phouma
Lon Nol
Park Chung Hee
Chae Myung-shin
Robert Menzies
Harold Holt
Thanom Kittikachorn

Hinrich Lohse
Hans-Adolf Prützmann
Friedrich Jeckeln
Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski
Estonia:
Karl-Siegmund Litzmann
Hinrich Möller
Walther Schröder
Hjalmar Mäe
Johannes Soodla
Arnold Sinka [et]
Latvia:
Otto-Heinrich Drechsler
Walther Schröder
Oskars Dankers
Voldemārs Veiss †
Rūdolfs Bangerskis [lv]
Lithuania:
Adrian von Renteln
Lucian Wysocki
Hermann Harm
Kurt Hintze
Petras Kubiliūnas
Antanas Špokevičius
Povilas Plechavičius
Belarus:
Wilhelm Kube †
Curt von Gottberg
Jakob Sporrenberg
Carl Zenner
Karl Schäfer
Erich Ehrlinger
Radasłaŭ Astroŭski
Francišak Kušal
Ivan Yermachenka

^ Cite error: The named reference Hsi-sheng1992 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

ISBN 978-0-31216454-6
.

^ "Name of Technical Sergeant Richard B. Fitzgibbon to be added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial". Department of Defense (DoD). Archived from the original on 20 October 2013.

ISBN 978-0-7864-4517-2
.

^ Olson & Roberts 2008, p. 67.

^ "Chapter 5, Origins of the Insurgency in South Vietnam, 1954–1960". The Pentagon Papers (Gravel Edition), Volume 1. Boston: Beacon Press. 1971. Section 3, pp. 314–346. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2008 – via International Relations Department, Mount Holyoke College.

^ The Paris Agreement on Vietnam: Twenty-five Years Later (Conference Transcript). Washington, DC: The Nixon Center. April 1998. Archived from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2012 – via International Relations Department, Mount Holyoke College.

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[1] Since July 1937

[fr45-2] From August 1945

[4] invading China since 1937, war was not officially declared. Japan would later attack Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, which brought the contained war in China into the wider global conflict.^[1]

[Hsi-sheng1992-3] Cite error: The named reference Hsi-sheng1992 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[:0-5] ISBN 978-0-31216454-6
.

[6] "Name of Technical Sergeant Richard B. Fitzgibbon to be added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial". Department of Defense (DoD). Archived from the original on 20 October 2013.

[Lawrence-7] ISBN 978-0-7864-4517-2
.

[FOOTNOTEOlsonRoberts200867-8] Olson & Roberts 2008, p. 67.

[WarBegan-9] "Chapter 5, Origins of the Insurgency in South Vietnam, 1954–1960". The Pentagon Papers (Gravel Edition), Volume 1. Boston: Beacon Press. 1971. Section 3, pp. 314–346. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2008 – via International Relations Department, Mount Holyoke College.

[mtholyoke.edu-11] The Paris Agreement on Vietnam: Twenty-five Years Later (Conference Transcript). Washington, DC: The Nixon Center. April 1998. Archived from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2012 – via International Relations Department, Mount Holyoke College.

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Laos

South China Sea

Gulf of Thailand