The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Vietnam War:
Vietnam War – Cold War-era proxy war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War (1946–54) and was fought between North Vietnam—supported by Communist nations such as the Soviet Union and China—and the government of South Vietnam—supported by the United States, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and other anti-communist allies. The Viet Cong (also known as the National Liberation Front, or NLF), a South Vietnamese communist common front, aided by the North, fought a guerrilla war against anti-communist forces in the region. The People's Army of Vietnam, also known as the North Vietnamese Army (NVA), engaged in a more conventional war, at times committing large units to battle.
General history of the Vietnam War
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Terminology of the Vietnam War
Legality of the Vietnam War
Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War
List of Congressional opponents of the Vietnam War
Protests against the Vietnam War
U.S. news media and the Vietnam War
Vietnam War myths
Weapons of the Vietnam War
Landmines in the Vietnam War
Forward air control during the Vietnam War
Aftermath of the Vietnam War
Vietnam War POW/MIA issue
Australians missing in action in the Vietnam War
List of Puerto Ricans missing in action in the Vietnam War
Vietnam War casualties
List of journalists killed and missing in the Vietnam War
Participants in the Vietnam War
North Vietnam and its allies
North Vietnam
China in the Vietnam War
Soviet Union (Vietnam War#Soviet Union) North Korea
South Vietnam and its allies
South Vietnam
Military history of Australia during the Vietnam War
Canada and the Vietnam War
New Zealand in the Vietnam War
Republic of China in the Vietnam War (Taiwan) South Korea in the Vietnam War Republic of Korea Armed Forces statistics in the Vietnam War Role of the United States in the Vietnam War Formations of the United States Army during the Vietnam War
Years in the Vietnam War
1940–46 in the Vietnam War
1947–50 in the Vietnam War
1954 in the Vietnam War
1955 in the Vietnam War
1956 in the Vietnam War
1957 in the Vietnam War
1958 in the Vietnam War
1959 in the Vietnam War
1960 in the Vietnam War
1961 in the Vietnam War
1962 in the Vietnam War
1963 in the Vietnam War
1964 in the Vietnam War
1965 in the Vietnam War
1966 in the Vietnam War
1967 in the Vietnam War
1968 in the Vietnam War
1969 in the Vietnam War
1970 in the Vietnam War
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1972 in the Vietnam War
1973 in the Vietnam War
1974 in the Vietnam War
1975 in the Vietnam War
Military activity during the Vietnam War
Operations during the Vietnam War
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