"Vietnam War" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Vietnam War}} Vietnam War
  1. (historical) The war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975 between South Vietnam (backed by the United States and SEATO) and North Vietnam aiding the South Vietnamese communist guerrilla army known as the Vietcong (supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union) for the struggle for total Communist control of Vietnam as one state. Wikipedia link: Vietnam War Tags: historical Categories (topical): Cold War, Historical events, War Categories (place): Vietnam Translations (war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975): ভিয়েতনাম যুদ্ধ (bhiẏetonam juddho) (Bengali), 越南戰爭 (Chinese Mandarin), 越南战争 (Yuènán Zhànzhēng) (Chinese Mandarin), Vietnamkrigen (Danish), Vietnamoorlog [masculine] (Dutch), Vjetnamkríggið [neuter] (Faroese), Vietnamin sota (Finnish), Guerre du Vietnam [feminine] (French), guerra do Vietnam (Galician), Vietnamkrieg [masculine] (German), vietnami háború (Hungarian), Víetnamstríðið [neuter] (Icelandic), Perang Vietnam (Indonesian), guerra del Vietnam [feminine] (Italian), ベトナム戦争 (Betonamu Sensō) (Japanese), សង្គ្រាមវៀតណាម (sɑŋkriem viet naam) (Khmer), व्हियेत्नाम युद्ध (vhiyetnām yuddha) [neuter] (Marathi), guerra do Vietnã [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), guerra do Vietname [Portugal] (Portuguese), война́ во Вьетна́ме (vojná vo Vʹjetnáme) [feminine] (Russian), Vietnamská vojna [feminine] (Slovak), guerra de Vietnam [feminine] (Spanish), Vietnamkriget [neuter] (Swedish), ۋيېتنام ئۇرۇشى (wyëtnam urushi) (Uyghur), chiến tranh chống Mỹ (Vietnamese), kháng chiến chống Mỹ (Vietnamese), chiến tranh Việt Nam (Vietnamese), chiến tranh Đông Dương lần thứ hai (Vietnamese)

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