The Vietnam War exposed the limits of traditional military doctrine in ways few conflicts before it had. Incredibly dense terrain, guerrilla tactics, and a prolonged fight forced rapid adaptation on ...

A veteran explains the main differences between World War II and the Vietnam War, highlighting tactics, technology, and ...

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American airpower was supposed to be untouchable in Vietnam. Instead, U.S. pilots found themselves struggling against smaller, more agile MiGs and losing more often than anyone expected. The decline ...

Editor’s note: April 30, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. In commemoration, Military Times is highlighting stories about the Vietnam War. Vietnam ...

Millions of casualties. Years of bloody attrition warfare. When Vietnamese communists toppled French colonial rule in 1954 despite massive U.S. military aid, the Geneva Accords temporarily divided ...

The Vietnam War, a conflict within South Vietnam as well as between North and South Vietnam that embroiled the world’s major powers, ended 50 years ago and triggered long-lasting changes in United ...

The period from the Paris Peace Agreement of January 1973, which marked the end of the United States’ direct military involvement in the Vietnam War, to the fall of Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) in ...

Turning Point: The Vietnam War is a five-part docuseries, directed by Brian Knappenberger, that examines how the United States became involved in the civil war in Vietnam, starting in the early 1960s, ...