<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Vietnam War Chiến tranh Việt Nam ( Vietnamese ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> 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 , and burial of 300 victims of the 1968 Huế Massacre . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 1 November 1955 -- 30 April 1975 ( 1975 - 04 - 30 ) ( 19 years , 5 months , 4 weeks and 1 day ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> South Vietnam , North Vietnam , Cambodia , Laos , South China Sea , Gulf of Thailand </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> North Vietnamese victory </P> <Ul> <Li> Withdrawal of U.S. forces </Li> <Li> Expulsion of U.S. civilian / military staff from Cambodia , Laos and South Vietnam </Li> <Li> Communist forces take power in South Vietnam , Cambodia and Laos </Li> <Li> Reunification of Vietnam </Li> <Li> Start of the Cambodian -- Vietnamese War </Li> <Li> Start of the boat people crisis and Indochina refugee crisis </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> Reunification of North and South Vietnam into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam . </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> South Vietnam </Li> <Li> United States </Li> <Li> South Korea </Li> <Li> Khmer Republic </Li> <Li> Kingdom of Laos </Li> <Li> Kingdom of Cambodia ( 1967 -- 1970 ) </Li> <Li> Thailand </Li> <Li> Australia </Li> <Li> Philippines </Li> <Li> New Zealand </Li> </Ul> <P> Military support : </P> <Ul> <Li> Taiwan </Li> </Ul> Other support ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Brazil </Li> <Li> Iran </Li> <Li> Japan </Li> <Li> Spain </Li> <Li> Malaysia </Li> <Li> West Germany </Li> <Li> United Kingdom </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> North Vietnam </Li> <Li> Viet Cong and PRG </Li> <Li> North Korea </Li> <Li> Cambodia Government - in - Exile </Li> <Li> Khmer Rouge </Li> <Li> China </Li> <Li> Pathet Lao </Li> </Ul> <P> Military support : </P> <Ul> <Li> Soviet Union </Li> <Li> Cuba </Li> <Li> Czechoslovakia </Li> <Li> East Germany </Li> <Li> Poland </Li> </Ul> Other support ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Bulgaria </Li> <Li> Hungary </Li> <Li> Romania </Li> <Li> Sweden </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Ngô Đình Diệm † </Li> <Li> Ngô Đình Nhu † </Li> <Li> Nguyễn Văn Thiệu </Li> <Li> Nguyễn Cao Kỳ </Li> <Li> Cao Văn Viên </Li> <Li> Ngô Quang Trưởng </Li> <Li> Dương Văn Minh </Li> <Li> Trần Văn Hương </Li> <Li> Nguyễn Khánh </Li> <Li> Trần Thiện Khiêm </Li> <Li> Nguyễn Văn Hiếu † </Li> <Li> Đỗ Cao Trí † </Li> <Li> Nguyễn Chánh Thi </Li> <Li> Lê Minh Đảo </Li> <Li> John F. Kennedy † </Li> <Li> Lyndon B. Johnson </Li> <Li> Richard Nixon </Li> <Li> Gerald Ford </Li> <Li> Robert McNamara </Li> <Li> William Westmoreland </Li> <Li> Creighton Abrams </Li> <Li> Frederick C. Weyand </Li> <Li> Paul D. Harkins </Li> <Li> Lon Nol </Li> <Li> Sisowath Sirik Matak </Li> <Li> Vang Pao </Li> <Li> Souvanna Phouma </Li> <Li> Phoumi Nosavan </Li> <Li> ... and others </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Hồ Chí Minh † </Li> <Li> Lê Duẩn </Li> <Li> Võ Nguyên Giáp </Li> <Li> Lê Đức Thọ </Li> <Li> Phạm Văn Đồng </Li> <Li> Trường Chinh </Li> <Li> Tôn Đức Thắng </Li> <Li> Văn Tiến Dũng </Li> <Li> Nguyễn Hữu An </Li> <Li> Huỳnh Tấn Phát </Li> <Li> Nguyễn Hữu Thọ </Li> <Li> Hoàng Văn Thái </Li> <Li> Nguyễn Chí Thanh † </Li> <Li> Trần Văn Trà </Li> <Li> Nguyễn Văn Linh </Li> <Li> Lê Trọng Tấn </Li> <Li> Lê Đức Anh </Li> <Li> M Nguyễn Thị Định </Li> <Li> Võ Chí Công </Li> <Li> M Nguyễn Thị Bình </Li> <Li> Võ Văn Kiệt </Li> <Li> Souphanouvong </Li> <Li> Kaysone Phomvihane </Li> <Li> Phoumi Vongvichit </Li> <Li> Norodom Sihanouk </Li> <Li> Pol Pot </Li> <Li> Khieu Samphan </Li> <Li> ... and others </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> ≈ 1,420,000 ( 1968 ) </P> <Ul> <Li> South Vietnam : 850,000 ( 1968 ) 1,500,000 ( 1974 -- 75 ) </Li> <Li> United States : 543,000 ( April 1969 ) </Li> <Li> South Korea : 50,003 </Li> <Li> Laos 72,000 Royal Army and Hmong </Li> <Li> Cambodia 200,000 ( 1973 ) </Li> <Li> Thailand : 32,000 in Vietnam and Laos </Li> <Li> Australia
<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Vietnam War Chiến tranh Việt Nam ( Vietnamese ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> 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 , and burial of 300 victims of the 1968 Huế Massacre . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 1 November 1955 -- 30 April 1975 ( 1975 - 04 - 30 ) ( 19 years , 5 months , 4 weeks and 1 day ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> South Vietnam , North Vietnam , Cambodia , Laos , South China Sea , Gulf of Thailand </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> North Vietnamese victory </P> <Ul> <Li> Withdrawal of U.S. forces </Li> <Li> Expulsion of U.S. civilian / military staff from Cambodia , Laos and South Vietnam </Li> <Li> Communist forces take power in South Vietnam , Cambodia and Laos </Li> <Li> Reunification of Vietnam </Li> <Li> Start of the Cambodian -- Vietnamese War </Li> <Li> Start of the boat people crisis and Indochina refugee crisis </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> Reunification of North and South Vietnam into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam . </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> South Vietnam </Li> <Li> United States </Li> <Li> South Korea </Li> <Li> Khmer Republic </Li> <Li> Kingdom of Laos </Li> <Li> Kingdom of Cambodia ( 1967 -- 1970 ) </Li> <Li> Thailand </Li> <Li> Australia </Li> <Li> Philippines </Li> <Li> New Zealand </Li> </Ul> <P> Military support : </P> <Ul> <Li> Taiwan </Li> </Ul> Other support ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Brazil </Li> <Li> Iran </Li> <Li> Japan </Li> <Li> Spain </Li> <Li> Malaysia </Li> <Li> West Germany </Li> <Li> United Kingdom </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> North Vietnam </Li> <Li> Viet Cong and PRG </Li> <Li> North Korea </Li> <Li> Cambodia Government - in - Exile </Li> <Li> Khmer Rouge </Li> <Li> China </Li> <Li> Pathet Lao </Li> </Ul> <P> Military support : </P> <Ul> <Li> Soviet Union </Li> <Li> Cuba </Li> <Li> Czechoslovakia </Li> <Li> East Germany </Li> <Li> Poland </Li> </Ul> Other support ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Bulgaria </Li> <Li> Hungary </Li> <Li> Romania </Li> <Li> Sweden </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Ngô Đình Diệm † </Li> <Li> Ngô Đình Nhu † </Li> <Li> Nguyễn Văn Thiệu </Li> <Li> Nguyễn Cao Kỳ </Li> <Li> Cao Văn Viên </Li> <Li> Ngô Quang Trưởng </Li> <Li> Dương Văn Minh </Li> <Li> Trần Văn Hương </Li> <Li> Nguyễn Khánh </Li> <Li> Trần Thiện Khiêm </Li> <Li> Nguyễn Văn Hiếu † </Li> <Li> Đỗ Cao Trí † </Li> <Li> Nguyễn Chánh Thi </Li> <Li> Lê Minh Đảo </Li> <Li> John F. Kennedy † </Li> <Li> Lyndon B. Johnson </Li> <Li> Richard Nixon </Li> <Li> Gerald Ford </Li> <Li> Robert McNamara </Li> <Li> William Westmoreland </Li> <Li> Creighton Abrams </Li> <Li> Frederick C. Weyand </Li> <Li> Paul D. Harkins </Li> <Li> Lon Nol </Li> <Li> Sisowath Sirik Matak </Li> <Li> Vang Pao </Li> <Li> Souvanna Phouma </Li> <Li> Phoumi Nosavan </Li> <Li> ... and others </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Hồ Chí Minh † </Li> <Li> Lê Duẩn </Li> <Li> Võ Nguyên Giáp </Li> <Li> Lê Đức Thọ </Li> <Li> Phạm Văn Đồng </Li> <Li> Trường Chinh </Li> <Li> Tôn Đức Thắng </Li> <Li> Văn Tiến Dũng </Li> <Li> Nguyễn Hữu An </Li> <Li> Huỳnh Tấn Phát </Li> <Li> Nguyễn Hữu Thọ </Li> <Li> Hoàng Văn Thái </Li> <Li> Nguyễn Chí Thanh † </Li> <Li> Trần Văn Trà </Li> <Li> Nguyễn Văn Linh </Li> <Li> Lê Trọng Tấn </Li> <Li> Lê Đức Anh </Li> <Li> M Nguyễn Thị Định </Li> <Li> Võ Chí Công </Li> <Li> M Nguyễn Thị Bình </Li> <Li> Võ Văn Kiệt </Li> <Li> Souphanouvong </Li> <Li> Kaysone Phomvihane </Li> <Li> Phoumi Vongvichit </Li> <Li> Norodom Sihanouk </Li> <Li> Pol Pot </Li> <Li> Khieu Samphan </Li> <Li> ... and others </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> ≈ 1,420,000 ( 1968 ) </P> <Ul> <Li> South Vietnam : 850,000 ( 1968 ) 1,500,000 ( 1974 -- 75 ) </Li> <Li> United States : 543,000 ( April 1969 ) </Li> <Li> South Korea : 50,003 </Li> <Li> Laos 72,000 Royal Army and Hmong </Li> <Li> Cambodia 200,000 ( 1973 ) </Li> <Li> Thailand : 32,000 in Vietnam and Laos </Li> <Li> Australia
when did the vietnam war begin and when did it end
when did the vietnam war begin and when did it end
1 November 1955 -- 30 April 1975
1 November 1955 -- 30 April 1975