The Vietnam War occurred between nineteen fifty nine and nineteen seventy five. It was a Cold War battle fought between the communist North Vietnamese and their allies and the United States supported South Vietnamese.
The war ended in defeat for the United States, the American troops withdrew from the country after the fall of Saigon. The war as a whole represented a large failure of United States foreign policy. Approximately eighty four thousand American soldiers died during the conflict and there is a memorial effected to there memory in Washington D.C. If you would like to learn more about the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, also known as The Wall, then it would be recommended that you visit the web site www.thewall-usa.com. This site is an extension of the memorial in Washington and contains lots of history and information associated with the brave men and women who lost there lives during this war. 
