vietnam war

I'm currently working on a TL that involves a very different 1970s and 1980s economically, and one of the major PODs is that there is no Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and LBJ does not escalate in Vietnam. Regardless of the likelihood of this particular POD, I have a few questions about what would...

In our world, George Wallace achieved an upset win over John F. Kennedy, who was deeply disliked by many, and clinch the Democratic Party's Presidential nomination in 1968, winning by around 50 votes. George Wallace, the first candidate to mount a succesful primary challenge to an incumbent...

As per the title above, how can many more civilians from South Vietnam can be evacuated from the country by civilian or military flights, including helicopter and boat during Operation Frequent Wind, before the PAVN entered Saigon and the Republic of Vietnam finally collapsed? Doing a RP idea...

So, let's say that Richard Nixon wins the United States Presidential Elections of 1960 and 1964 against different Democratic opponents (maybe Lyndon B. Johnson in 1960 and maybe Pat Brown, George Wallace, or one of Johnson's OTL surrogates in 1964). If Kennedy did not win the Democratic...

Based on a joke Stephen Colbert made back in 2013, what if Korea and Vietnam were divided between East and West? I suppose the POD for Korea would be the Soviet Union and United States taking different invasion routes during World War II. Vietnam is harder to do, because Vietnam cannot be as...

With a POD after September 2, 1945, have the Korean War end with a unified Communist Korea while the Vietnam War ends with the North-South division of Vietnam more or less maintained. Bonus points if said unified Communist Korea adopts PRC-esque economic reforms (like Vietnam IOTL) while North...

What if the Peace Talks in the fall of 1968 that ended the Vietnam war failed and Richard Nixon was elected the 37th President of the United States instead of Hubert Humphrey, who was arguably only able to pull off his narrow victory due to the last minute success of the Peace Talks?

General Westmoreland was commander of the Military Assistance Command in Vietnam. Meaning he oversaw US military forces in Vietnam War from 1964 until 1968. Under the Johnson administration, Westmoreland was given freedom in prosecuting the war in Vietnam as he saw fit. Westmoreland has been...

The Ho Chi Minh trail through Laos was obviously essential for Northern victory in the Vietnam War; the conventional forces that conquered South Vietnam needed extensive logistical support, and and probably wouldn't have been able to penetrate a deeper, narrower front [i.e. Annamite mtns or the...

Indochina. Fantastic, beautiful place to visit. I have went and even lived there multiple times. The quality of life is simply fantastic. The beauty and wealth of these countries is off the charts, especially with Vietnam, the 4th most prosperous East Asian Country after China, Japan, and...

With a POD of 1944 or later, how many countries could have been divided into a communist half and a capitalist half? They have to be roughly equal sized, so PRC and Taiwan doesn't count, however an equally split China would count. OTL examples: North Korea and South Korea North Vietnam and...

Prologue The year of 1968 was, without a shadow of doubt, one of the most pivotal moments in recent american history. In the spawn of only 12 months, violence, indignation with the status quo and a burning desire for change would bring foward a new era in America...

I'm not the first to weigh on this, nor will I be the last, but I really like this discussion and I just saw "Kong" so 'Nam is in my head right now. With a POD sometime between 1955-1975, win the Vietnam War for the USA by having a capitalist South Vietnamese state that lives on to this day...

With a POD sometime before 1973 that allows the survival of South Vietnam (say the US were more decisive in defeating North Vietnam during the Easter Offensive or if Watergate gets avoided), and that North Vietnam is unwilling to continue on with their reunification efforts for a while, how...

so what if American is plans succeed What if a stalemate in Vietnam happened an both sides agreed a ceasefire. Would it be like north and South Korea or would it be different

1. Let's say China does not go full communist during the Civil War. Maybe the KMT saves All of China, save for Manchuria, which is communist. The Korean War goes like OTL. 2. Then, Vietnam goes OTL or just unstable in the 1960s (you can diverge if you want). AFAIK, the Soviets were the main...

Richard Nixon famously sabotaged the Vietnam peace talks during the 1968, promising the South Vietnamese government a better deal once he was elected. Let's say Nixon hadn't done that (the reasons he doesn't do it don't really matter). Would Johnson have been able to achieve peace in Vietnam?

So to me, it looks like the allies in Vietnam had two main threats to neutralize to win the war. They had to keep the Vietcong from taking over the countryside through insurgency, but they also had to prevent a conventional invasion and conquest of South Vietnam a la the Easter Offensive and...

If Mao dies of a stroke in 1941?Could the communists takeover never occurred?Or he is substituted by another person like Hua Guofeng?

Catholics represented the bedrock of support for South Vietnam, especially in the Diem era however they were only about 10% of the population, and many of them where refugees from the North. What if instead of 10% we double or even triple the amount, would having 25-30% of the population back...