War in Vietnam (1959-1963)

War in Vietnam (1959–1963)
Part of the Vietnam War, Indochina Wars and Cold War
The Ho Chi Minh trail was used to supply the Viet Cong.
Date 1959–1963 Location North Vietnam, South Vietnam Result Americanization of the Vietnam War Foundation of the National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) Anti-Buddhism in South Vietnam Strategic Hamlet Program to combat the communist insurgency by means of population transfer of its supporters Large Buddhist revolt Arrest and assassination of Ngô Đình Diệm Dương Văn Minh succeeds Diệm as president
Belligerents
Anti-Communist forces:  South Vietnam  United States  Australia	Communist forces:  North Vietnam Viet Cong  China Supported by:  Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Ngô Đình Diệm Lam Quang Thi Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy	Hồ Chí Minh Lê Duẩn Trường Chinh Nguyễn Chí Thanh
Casualties and losses
United States: 186 killed

Americanization of the Vietnam War

Anti-Communist forces:

Communist forces:
 North Vietnam
Viet Cong
 China
Supported by:

The 1959 to 1963 phase of the Vietnam War started after the North Vietnamese had made a firm decision to commit to a military intervention in the guerrilla war in the South Vietnam, a buildup phase began, between the 1959 North Vietnamese decision and the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, which led to a major US escalation of its involvement. Vietnamese communists saw this as a second phase of their revolution, the US now substituting for the French.

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