Oa̍t-Chiàn |
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the Indochina Wars and the Cold War ê chi̍t pō͘-hūn |
tóng-àn:VNWarMontage.png Clockwise from top left:
- U.S. combat operations in Ia Đrăng
- ARVN Rangers defending Saigon during the 1968 Tết Offensive
- Two A-4C Skyhawks after the Gulf of Tonkin incident
- ARVN recapture Quảng Trị during the 1972 Easter Offensive
- Civilians fleeing the 1972 Battle of Quảng Trị
- Burial of 300 victims of the 1968 Huế Massacre
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Sî-kan | 1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975 |
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Tē-tiám | South Vietnam, North Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, South China Sea, Gulf of Thailand |
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Kiat-kó |
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong/PRG victory
- Withdrawal of U.S. 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
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Léng-thó͘ piàn-hòa |
Reunification of North Vietnam and South Vietnam into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1976 |
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Kau-chiàn-hong |
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Chí-hui-koaⁿ kap léng-tō-chiá |
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Peng-le̍k |
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≈860,000 (1967)
- North Vietnam:
690,000 (1966, including PAVN and Viet Cong).[A 5]
- Viet Cong:
~200,000 (estimated, 1968)[7][8]:
- China:
170,000 (1968) 320,000 total[9][10][11]
- Khmer Rouge:
70,000 (1972)[12]:376
- Pathet Lao:
48,000 (1970)[13]
- Soviet Union: ~3,000[14]
- North Korea: 200[15]
- Albania: 12[16]
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≈1,420,000 (1968)
- South Vietnam:
850,000 (1968) 1,500,000 (1974–1975)[17]
- United States:
2,709,918 serving in Vietnam total Peak: 543,000 (April 1969)[12]:xlv
- Khmer Republic:
200,000 (1973)[18]
- Laos:
72,000 (Royal Army and Hmong militia)[19][20]
- South Korea:
48,000 per year (1965–1973, 320,000 total)
- Thailand: 32,000 per year (1965–1973)
(in Vietnam[21] and Laos)[22]
- Australia: 50,190 total
(Peak: 8,300 combat troops)[23]
- New Zealand: 3,500 total
(Peak: 552 combat troops)[8]:
- Philippines: 2,061
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Sí-siong |
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- North Vietnam & Viet Cong
30,000–182,000 civilian dead[12]:176[24][25]:450–3[26] 849,018 military dead (per Vietnam; 1/3 non-combat deaths)[27][28][29] 666,000–950,765 dead (US estimated 1964–1974)[A 6][24][25]:450–1 232,000–300,000+ military missing (per Vietnam)[27][30] 600,000+ military wounded[31]:739
- Khmer Rouge: Unknown
- Pathet Lao: Unknown
- China: ~1,100 dead and 4,200 wounded[11]
- Soviet Union: 16 dead[32]
- North Korea: 14 dead[33]
Total military dead/missing: ≈1,100,000 Total military wounded: ≈604,200 (excluding GRUNK/Khmer Rouge and Pathet Lao)
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- South Vietnam:
195,000–430,000 civilian dead[24][25]:450–3[34]: 254,256–313,000 military dead[35]:275[36] 1,170,000 military wounded[12]: ≈ 1,000,000 captured[37]
- United States:
58,281 dead[38] (47,434 from combat)[39][40] 303,644 wounded (including 150,341 not requiring hospital care)[A 7]
- Laos: 15,000 army dead[46]
- Khmer Republic: Unknown
- South Korea: 5,099 dead; 10,962 wounded; 4 missing
- Australia: 521 dead; 3,129 wounded[47]
- Thailand: 351 dead[12]:
- New Zealand: 37 dead[48]
- Republic of China: 25 dead[49]
17 captured[50]
- Philippines: 9 dead;[51] 64 wounded[52]
Total military dead: 333,620–392,364 Total military wounded: ≈1,340,000+[12]: (excluding FARK and FANK) Total military captured: ≈1,000,000+ |
- Vietnamese civilian dead: 405,000–2,000,000[25]:450–3[53][54]
- Vietnamese total dead: 966,000[24]–3,010,000[54]
- Cambodian Civil War dead: 275,000–310,000[55][56][57]
- Laotian Civil War dead: 20,000–62,000[54]
- Non-Indochinese military dead: 65,494
- Total dead: 1,326,494–3,447,494
- For more information see Vietnam War casualties and Aircraft losses of the Vietnam War
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