The Vietnam War (also known as the Second Indochina War) occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from the 1st of November 1955, until the fall of Saigon on the 30th of April 1975. The conflict was waged as a part of the larger Cold War that was being waged between the Democratic Powers (headed by the United States of America) and the Communist Powers (led by the Soviet Union). The Soviet Union and... [click here for more]