GLIMPSE OF VIETNAM WAR Vietnam War was the longest war in American history and the most unpopular American war of the 20th century. It resulted in nearly 60,000 American deaths and in an estimated 2 million Vietnamese deaths. Vietnam was divided between an anti-Communist South and a Communist North. By 1958, Communist-led guerrillas, known as the Viet Cong, had begun to battle the South Vietnamese government. The US supported the anti-Communist South during the war. Their military condition deteriorated, later South Vietnam lost the fertile Mekong Delta to the Viet Cong. In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson escalated the war, commencing air strikes on North Vietnam and committing ground forces. The 1968 Tet Offensive by the North Vietnamese turned many Americans against the war. The next president, Richard Nixon, advocated Vietnamization, withdrawing American troops and giving South Vietnam greater responsibility for fighting the war. From 1968 to 1973, efforts were made to end the conflict through diplomacy. In January 1973, an agreement was reached; U.S. forces were withdrawn from Vietnam, and U.S. prisoners of war were released. In April 1975, South Vietnam surrendered to the North, and Vietnam was reunited. To Read More, Click Button Below Ultimate Flags Inc. 10185 NE 22 St. Okeechobee, FL 34974