Vietnam War/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Vietnam War.

A post-colonial independence/Cold War conflict between communist North Vietnam against the French colonial forces (1946-1954) and then against South Vietnam, assisted by the United States (1955-1975), to unify Vietnam; won by North Vietnam in 1975.