The Vietnam War occurred in present-day Vietnam, Southeast Asia. It represented a successful attempt on the part of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam, DRV) and the National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam (Viet Cong) to unite and impose a communist system over the entire nation. Opposing the DRV was the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam, RVN), backed by the United States. The war in Vietnam occurred during the Cold War, and is generally viewed as an indirect conflict between the United States and Soviet Union, with each nation and its allies supporting one side.
Ho Chi Minh – Communist leader of North Vietnam until his death in 1969.
Vo Nguyen Giap – North Vietnamese general who planned the Tet and Easter Offensives.
General William Westmoreland – Commander of US forces in Vietnam, 1964-1968.
General Creighton Abrams – Commander of US forces in Vietnam, 1968-1973.