United States Marine Corps in the Vietnam War - Vietnam War, Mayaguez Incident, List of Allied Military Operations of the Vietnam War (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 166. Chapters: Vietnam War, Mayaguez incident, List of allied military operations of the Vietnam War, Tet Offensive, 3rd Battalion 3rd Marines, Battle of Khe Sanh, Operation Frequent Wind, Battle of Kham Duc, Operation Rolling Thunder, Operation Lam Son 719, Operation Linebacker II, Battle of Hu, Con Thien, Fall of Saigon, United States Embassy, Saigon, Combined Action Program, Da Nang Air Base, Battle of Hamburger Hill, Operation Hastings, Operation Eagle Pull, Battle of Hill 488, Operation Dewey Canyon, Operation Niagara, Operation Starlite, Battle of Saigon, Phong Nhi and Phong Nhat massacre, Operation Union II, Operation Swift, Dong Ha, Chu Lai, Operation Buffalo, Operation Steel Tiger, Camp Carroll, Operation Tiger Hound, Chu Lai Air Base, Operation Taylor Common, Hill 55, Battle of July Two, Lists of allied military operations of the Vietnam War, Operation Deckhouse Five, Battle of Hill 881, Operation Beaver Cage, Operation Prairie, Ca Lu, Operation Medina, Project Dye Marker, The Rockpile, Operation Hickory, Operation Prairie IV, Operation Kentucky. Excerpt: The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict 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 and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States and other anti-communist nations. The Viet Cong, a lightly armed South Vietnamese communist-controlled common front, largely fought a guerrilla war against anti-communist forces in the region. The Vietnam People's Army (North Vietnamese Army) engaged in a more conventional war, at times committing large units into battle. U.S. and South Vietnamese forces relied on air superiority and overwhelming firepower to conduct search and dest...