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-	{{Template}}	+	{{Template}}The '''Vietnam War''' (also known as the '''Second [[Indochina Wars|Indochina War]]''', the '''American War in Vietnam''' and the '''Vietnam Conflict''') occurred from [[1959]] to [[April 30]] [[1975]] in [[Vietnam]]. The war successfully reunified the Vietnamese under a communist government which consisted of the [[Democratic Republic of Vietnam]] (DRV or North Vietnam) and the indigenous [[National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam]], which was also known, derogatively, as the Việt Cộng or VC, or to US forces as Victor Charlie, or simply Charlie, from the [[NATO phonetic alphabet]] names for these letters. To a degree, the war may be viewed as a [[Cold War]] conflict between the U.S., its allies, and South Vietnam on one side, and the [[Soviet Union]], its allies, the [[People's Republic of China]], and North Vietnam on the other. Others, however, viewed the conflict as a [[civil war]] between communist and non-communist Vietnamese factions.
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The Vietnam War (also known as the Second Indochina War, the American War in Vietnam and the Vietnam Conflict) occurred from 1959 to April 30 1975 in Vietnam. The war successfully reunified the Vietnamese under a communist government which consisted of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV or North Vietnam) and the indigenous National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam, which was also known, derogatively, as the Việt Cộng or VC, or to US forces as Victor Charlie, or simply Charlie, from the NATO phonetic alphabet names for these letters. To a degree, the war may be viewed as a Cold War conflict between the U.S., its allies, and South Vietnam on one side, and the Soviet Union, its allies, the People's Republic of China, and North Vietnam on the other. Others, however, viewed the conflict as a civil war between communist and non-communist Vietnamese factions.