The Vietnam War was a military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia from 1959 to 30 April 1975.

The war was fought between the socialist North Vietnam and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States.

The war exacted a huge human cost in terms of fatalities, including 3 to 4 million Vietnamese, 1.5 to 2 million Laotians and Cambodians

and 58,159 U.S. soldiers.

Result: North Vietnamese victory

The My Lai Massacre: 504 Vietnam civilians (majority of them women and children), killed by U.S.Army forces on March 16, 1968 in My Lai village. Before being killed some of the victims were raped and sexually molested, beaten, tortured, or maimed.

The My Lai Massacre

South Vietnam-USA Collaboration police chief shots a young man,whom he suspects to be a Viet Kong soldier

Protests against the Vietnam War in U.S.A

The picture dated 19.08.1966 Three US Airforce US123 Providers spray defoliant chemicals in Vietnam.  

The results of chemical defoliants in Vietnam

40 years after the end of the Vietnam War, millions continue to live with the effects of chemical defoliants.

Vietnam War Memorial in USA (Rochester, NY)