The Vietnam War had started in November 1955 and was one of the hot conflicts which was a result of the cold war. In the US the war was seen as an important fight to keep communism from spreading in Asia (containment policy). The first step towards the end of the war was a gradual drawback and "Vietnamization" of the conflict in the end of the 1960's. In 1973 was a peace agreement, the Paris Peace Accord, signed, but fighting continued. Direct involvement from the US Army ended in August the same year as the Peace Contract. On April 30th fell the city Saigon to North Vietnam and the war came to an end after over 19 years of conflicts. The following year was Vietnam again reunited. Somewhere between 800.000 and 3 million Vietnamese died in the war and over 50.000 american soldiers.
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