The Vietnam War When did the Vietnam War end?

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The self-defense counterattack against Vietnam began on February 17 and ended on March 16, 1979.

In the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, the Chinese People's Liberation Army occupied more than 20 important cities and counties in northern Vietnam in a short period of time, and declared victory within a month. Subsequently, the PLA began to systematically destroy the infrastructure in northern Vietnam and then withdrew from Vietnam. The Vietnamese People's Army also declared victory in the war after the withdrawal of the Chinese side.

The war further deteriorated relations between China and Vietnam to the lowest point. In the 80s of the 20th century, the two countries continued military confrontation, and border conflicts broke out one after another in Luojiaping Mountain, Faka Mountain, Kuolin Mountain, Laoshan Mountain, Zheyin Mountain and other areas, which lasted for ten years. At the beginning of the 90s of the 20th century, relations between the two countries gradually returned to normal, and the land border was finally demarcated.

Result of the war: In 1979, the Chinese People's Liberation Army advanced 30-50 kilometers deep into northern Vietnam and up to 100 kilometers in the east and west of the self-defense and counter-attack against Vietnam. recovered the Chinese territories occupied by the Vietnamese army, the Pu Nian Ling and Dinh Hao Shan areas; Capture 3 provincial capitals, 1 city, 16 county seats, 3 towns in 4 provinces of Cao Binh, Lang Son, Hoang Lien Son and Lai Chau in northern Vietnam, as well as parts of Quang Ninh and Ha Xuan provinces;

Annihilated the 1st Division of the Vietnamese Army, severely damaged 7 other regiments and 25 battalions (teams) of the 316A Division, partially annihilated the other 12 regiments (brigades) of the 325B Division of the Vietnamese Army, uprooted 35 public security cantonments, and destroyed a total of 57,152 enemies (more than 47,700 killed, more than 7,270 wounded, and 2,173 prisoners);

It seized 916 artillery pieces, 16,062 guns and rocket launchers, 40 grenade launchers, 236 vehicles, 817 Soviet-made anti-tank missiles and 22 missiles, destroyed 54 tanks and armored vehicles, 781 artillery pieces and 594 vehicles, blew up 3 missile bases, 3 airfields and 2 missile launchers, and destroyed a large number of military, political and economic facilities in North Vietnam.

In 1961, the United States intervened in the Vietnam War.

The Vietnam War lasted 20 years, from 1955 to 1975, and was divided into five phases. Among them, the first.

The second, third, and fourth phases (1961-1973) were the period when the United States helped Vietnam in the war.

At the end of April 1961, John F. Kennedy.

The decision was made to increase the number of military advisers in Vietnam and to send the first American special forces.

At the same time, an intensified secret war was ordered. On May 14, John F. Kennedy ordered the dispatch of 400 U.S. "special operations troops."

and 100 military advisers into South Vietnam, marking the beginning of the special war.

Vietnam was a French colony before World War II, occupied by Japan during World War II, and the Viet Cong established the Democratic Republic of Vietnam ("North Vietnam") in the north around the end of World War II in 1945. After that, the Viet Cong and France fought a nine-year Franco-Vietnamese war. In 1954, France withdrew from northern Vietnam.

According to the resolution of the Geneva Conference (1954), North and South Vietnam were temporarily divided under the 17th parallel, North Vietnam was ruled by Ho Chi Minh City, and South Vietnam was under the control of Emperor Bao Dai. [Iron-Blooded Community.]

In 1959, the Viet Cong decided to unify Vietnam by force and sent a large number of military personnel to South Vietnam to organize an armed uprising. In 1960, the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam, controlled by the Viet Cong, was formed. By 1961, the National Liberation Front had taken control of most of the countryside in South Vietnam, and U.S. combat units began to enter Vietnam.

In 1964, after the Gulf of Tonkin incident, the United States formally intervened in the Vietnam Civil War, which led to the escalation of the Vietnam War.

In 1973, the United States gradually withdrew its troops from Vietnam due to the anti-war wave at home. By January 2, 1976, when North and South Vietnam were reunited to form the new Socialist Republic of Vietnam, hundreds of South Vietnamese supporters were executed, and many more**. The Viet Cong took power and has ruled to this day.

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