List of wars involving Vietnam

This is a list of wars involving the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and its predecessor states.

Pre-modern

Ancient (–111 BC)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Lac Viet-Au Viet War

(257 BC?)

Lạc Việt tribe Âu Việt tribe Lac Viet was annexed into Au Viet.
Baiyue-Qin War

(221 BCE – 214 BCE)

Baiyue tribes Qin Empire Partial victory
  • Minyue and Nanyue tribes were annexed into Qin Empire
  • Âu Lạc retained independence
Au Lac–Nanyue War

(207 BCE or 179 BCE)

Âu Lạc under Thục dynasty Nanyue under Triệu dynasty Defeat
  • Âu Lạc was annexed into Nanyue
Han–Nanyue War

(111 BCE)

Nanyue under Triệu dynasty Han Empire Defeat

First and Second Chinese Domination (111 BC – 544 AD)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Trung sisters' rebellion

(40–43)

Trưng Sisters rebels in Lingnan Han Empire Rebellion defeated
Jiaozhi revolts

(100, 136–144 AD)

Chamic revolt in Rinan, by 136 it had been spreading to Jiaozhi. Han dynasty Rebellion defeated
Jiuzhen revolt

(157 AD)

Chu Đạt rebels in Jiuzhen Han dynasty Rebellion defeated
Wuhu revolt

(178–181)

Liang Long rebels in Hepu and Jiaozhi Han dynasty Rebellion defeated
Independence of Champa

(192)

Khu Liên revolts in Xianglin (Hue), southern part of Rinan Han dynasty Rebellion success, creation of the first Cham kingdom of Lâm Ấp.
Lady Triệu Revolt

(248)

Lady Triệu rebels in Jiuzhen Wu Rebellion defeated
  • Lady Triệu Revolt was suppressed.
Jin–Wu war

(263–280)

Anti-Wu rebels in Jiaozhi, backed by Jin dynasty Wu Jin victory
  • Jin acquired possession of Northern Vietnam from Wu.
Jin–Lâm Ấp war

(399–431)

Jin dynasty Lâm Ấp Jin victory
  • Cham attacks were driven back with heavy tolls.
Liu Song–Lâm Ấp war

(445–446)

Liu Song dynasty Lâm Ấp Liu Song victory
  • Capital of Lâm Ấp, Kandarapura, was sacked by the Liu Song dynasty.
Lý Bí Revolt

(542–545)

Lý Bí rebels in Jiaozhi Liang Victory

Early Lý Dynasty (545–602)

Conflict Early Lý Dynasty

and allies

Opponents Result
Sui-Van Xuan War

(545–602)

Vạn Xuân under Early Lý dynasty Sui Defeat

Third Chinese Domination (602–905)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Sui–Lâm Ấp war

(605)

Lâm Ấp Sui dynasty Sui victory
  • Chinese briefly established in Champa
Lý Tự Tiên rebellion

(679)

Lý Tự Tiên's Li rebels Tang dynasty Tang victory
Mai Thúc Loan Revolt

(722–23)

Mai Thúc Loan rebels in Annan Great Tang Tang victory
Chen Xingfan revolt

(726–28)

Chen Xingfan rebels in modern-day China-Vietnam borderlands Great Tang Tang victory
Javanese raids in Vietnam coast

(767, 774 & 787)

Javanese raiders Tang dynasty, Champa Tang victory
Phùng Hưng Revolt

(791)

Phùng Hưng rebels in Annan Great Tang Defeat
Tang–Nanzhao war

(846–866)

Nanzhao and local rebels in Northern Vietnam Great Tang Tang victory
  • Exhaustion for the Tang Empire.

Dynastic (905–1887)

List of wars and conflicts that had been fought on or by various historical political entities in modern-day Vietnam.

Medieval Vietnam (905–1527)

Early Modern (1527–1887)

Colonial

French Indochina (1887–1954)

Conflict French Indochina
and allies
Opponents Result
Cần Vương Rebellion

(1885–1896)

 French Third Republic French Indochina Cần Vương forces Victory
  • Insurrection crushed.
Yên Thế Insurrection

(1884–1913)

 French Third Republic French Indochina Hoàng Hoa Thám forces Victory
  • Insurrection crushed.
Franco-Siamese War

(1893)

 French Third Republic French Indochina Rattanakosin Kingdom Victory
  • Insurrection crushed.
Cochinchina uprising

(1916)

 French Third Republic French Indochina Cochinchina rebels Victory
  • Uprising crushed.
Thái Nguyên uprising

(1917)

 French Third Republic French Indochina Thái Nguyên rebels Victory
  • Uprising crushed.
Yên Bái mutiny

(1930)

 French Third Republic French Indochina Nationalist forces Victory
  • Mutiny defeated.
Nghệ-Tĩnh Soviets

(1930–1931)

 French Third Republic French Indochina Communist forces Victory
  • Uprising crushed.
Japanese invasion of Indochina (1940)  Vichy France French Indochina  Empire of Japan Defeat
  • Japanese occupied Northern French Indochina
Franco-Thai War

(1940–1941)

 Vichy France French Indochina  Thailand Military Indecisive
Thai political victory
  • Disputed enclaves returned to Thailand.

Republic

North Vietnam (1945–1976)

Conflict Vietnam
and allies
Opponents Result General Secretary
Chinese troops enter Vietnam (1945)  North Vietnam  Republic of China (1912–1949)

Supported by:
 France

Victory Hồ Chí Minh
Partisan conflict of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1945–1947) Việt Minh National Union Front, formed in Nanking Victory
Operation Masterdom

(1945–1946)

Việt Minh

Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng

 United Kingdom

 France

 Japan

Defeat
First Indochina War

(1946–1954)[lower-alpha 1]

 North Vietnam

Lao Issara
Pathet Lao
Khmer Issarak

Japanese volunteers
Supported by:
 China (1949–1954)[1]
 East Germany (1950–1954)[2]
 Soviet Union (1952–1954)[1][3]
 Polish People's Republic

 France

Supported by:
 United States (1950–1954)
 Taiwan

Victory
Operation Shiwan Dashan (1949)  China

 North Vietnam

 Republic of China (1912–1949) Victory
Vietnam War

(1955–1975)[lower-alpha 2]

 North Vietnam
Viet Cong
Khmer Rouge
Pathet Lao
 China
 Soviet Union
 North Korea

Supported by:
 Czechoslovakia
 East Germany
 Polish People's Republic
 Socialist Republic of Romania
 Hungarian People's Republic
 People's Republic of Bulgaria
 Cuba
 Sweden[4]

South Vietnam
United States
 South Korea
 Australia
 New Zealand
 Philippines
Kingdom of Laos
Khmer Republic

Supported by:
 Taiwan
 Thailand

Victory Hồ Chí Minh (until 2 September 1969)

Lê Duẩn

Laotian Civil War

(1959–1975)

Pathet Lao
 North Vietnam
 Kingdom of Laos
 United States
 South Vietnam
 Thailand
Victory
Cambodian Civil War

(1967–1975)

National United Front of Kampuchea Kingdom of Cambodia (1967–1970)
Khmer Republic (1970–1975)
 United States
 South Vietnam
Victory

State of Vietnam and South Vietnam (1945–1975)

Conflict Vietnam
and allies
Opponents Result President
First Indochina War

(1946–1954)[lower-alpha 3]

 France

Supported by:

 United States (1950–1954)

 Taiwan

 North Vietnam

Lao Issara

Pathet Lao

Khmer Issarak

Japanese volunteers

Supported by:  China (1949–1954)[1]

 East Germany (1950–1954)[2]

 Soviet Union (1952–1954)[1][3]

 Polish People's Republic

Defeat
Battle of Saigon (1955)  State of Vietnam Bình Xuyên Victory
1955 State of Vietnam referendum Support groups Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm

Supported by:

 United States

Support groups Chief of State former Emperor Bảo Đại

Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng

Nationalist Party of Greater Vietnam

Supported by:

 France

Change of government
Vietnam War

(1955–1975)

 South Vietnam

 United States  South Korea Australia New Zealand Philippines Kingdom of Laos

Khmer Republic

Supported by:

 Taiwan

 Thailand

 North Vietnam Viet Cong

Khmer Rouge Pathet Lao

 China  Soviet Union North Korea Supported by:

Defeat
1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt  Army of the Republic of Vietnam rebels

 Republic of Vietnam Marine Division rebels Republic of Vietnam Airborne Division rebels

Army of the Republic of Vietnam loyalists

Presidential Guard

Victory

Coup attempt defeated

Ngô Đình Diệm
Buddhist crisis  South Vietnam Buddhists Change of government
1963 South Vietnamese coup  Army of the Republic of Vietnam rebels

 Republic of Vietnam Marine Division rebels  Republic of Vietnam Air Force rebels Republic of Vietnam Airborne Division rebels

Supported by:

 United States

Army of the Republic of Vietnam loyalists

Presidential Guard

Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces

Defeat

Coup successful

  • Military Revolutionary Council takes power; political prisoners released
  • Ngô Đình Diệm and Nhu arrested and assassinated, Lê Quang Tung and Hồ Tấn Quyền summarily executed
  • Ngô Đình Cẩn arrested; tried and executed in May 1964
  • The Republic of Vietnam weakened and becomes increasingly dependent on the United States
Montagnard Rebellion  South Vietnam BAJARAKA

FULRO

Victory
January 1964 South Vietnamese coup  Army of the Republic of Vietnam rebels Military Revolutionary Council of South Vietnam Defeat

Coup successful

  • Bloodless coup successful
September 1964 South Vietnamese coup attempt  Army of the Republic of Vietnam rebels  South Vietnam Victory
December 1964 South Vietnamese coup  Army of the Republic of Vietnam rebels High National Council other civilian politicians Defeat

High National Council dissolved Nguyễn Khánh political victory

1965 South Vietnamese coup  Army of the Republic of Vietnam rebels  South Vietnam Victory

Original coup failed; Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and Nguyễn Chánh Thi then forced Nguyễn Khánh from power and into exile

Buddhist Uprising  South Vietnam  Army of the Republic of Vietnam rebels

Buddhists monks

Victory
Northeast Cay (1968)  South Vietnam  Philippines Defeat

Philippines capture Northeast Cay and Southwest Cay in Spratly Islands

Southwest Cay (1970)  South Vietnam  Philippines Victory

South Vietnam recapture Southwest Cay in Spratly Islands

Battle of the Paracel Islands  South Vietnam  China Defeat

China capture Paracel Islands

Vietnam

Conflict Vietnam
and allies
Opponents Result General Secretary
Insurgency in the Central Highlands

(1975–1992)

 Vietnam FULRO Victory
  • Insurgency quelled
Lê Duẩn (until 10 July 1986)

Trường Chinh (until 18 December 1986)

Nguyễn Văn Linh (until 28 June 1991)

Đỗ Mười

Insurgency in Laos

(1975–2007)

 Vietnam
 Laos
Hmong insurgents Victory
  • Insurgency quelled
Lê Duẩn (until 10 July 1986)

Trường Chinh (until 18 December 1986)

Nguyễn Văn Linh (until 28 June 1991)

Đỗ Mười

Cambodian–Vietnamese War

(1977–1989)[lower-alpha 4]

 Democratic Kampuchea (1979–1982)
Post-invasion:
 CGDK (1982–1990)

 Thailand (border clashes)
Supported by:
 China
 Thailand[5]
 Malaysia[6]
 Singapore[6]
 United Kingdom[7][8]
 United States[9][10]
 Romania[11][12][13]

 Vietnam
FUNSK
Post-invasion:
1979–1989:
 Vietnam
 People's Republic of Kampuchea
1989–1991:
 State of Cambodia
Supported by:
 Soviet Union
 Cuba
 Poland[14]
 Czechoslovakia[15]
 East Germany[16]
Victory Lê Duẩn (until 10 July 1986)

Trường Chinh (until 18 December 1986)

Nguyễn Văn Linh (until 28 June 1991)

Đỗ Mười

Sino-Vietnamese War

(1979)

 Vietnam  China Both sides claim victory
  • Chinese withdrawal from Vietnam
  • China failed to deter Vietnam from involvement in Cambodia
Lê Duẩn
Sino-Vietnamese conflicts 1979–91

(1979–1991)

 Vietnam  China Inconclusive
  • Normalization of bilateral relations
Lê Duẩn (until 10 July 1986)

Trường Chinh (until 18 December 1986)

Nguyễn Văn Linh (until 28 June 1991)

Đỗ Mười

Thai–Laotian Border War

(1987–1988)

 Vietnam
 Laos
 Thailand Victory
  • Peace talks in Bangkok
Nguyễn Văn Linh

Notes

  1. Official start date at December 19, 1946, when France captured Hanoi. However, the conflict started already in September 1945, when British troops took Saigon during Operation Masterdom. The Haiphong conflict, lasting from March 3, 1946 until 1947, also lead to tensions between France and China.
  2. Start date remains disputed, but North Vietnam did not intervene before 1959. Includes the Laotian Civil War, the North Vietnamese invasion of Laos and the Cambodian Civil War. First battle between the South Vietnamese army and FNL occurred at September 26, 1959; Origins of the Insurgency in South Vietnam, 1954–1960 The Pentagon Papers (Gravel Edition), Volume 1, Chapter 5, (Boston: Beacon Press, 1971), Section 3, pp. 314–346; International Relations Department, Mount Holyoke College.
  3. Official start date at December 19, 1946, when France captured Hanoi. However, the conflict started already in September 1945, when British troops took Saigon during Operation Masterdom. The Haiphong conflict, lasting from March 3, 1946 until 1947, also lead to tensions between France and China.
  4. See also: Vietnamese border raids in Thailand.

Citations

  1. "Viện trợ của Trung Quốc đối với cuộc kháng chiến chống Pháp của Việt Nam - Quân đội nhân dân" [China's aid to Vietnam's anti-French resistance war - People's Army.]. 2013-12-02. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2021-10-27 via web.archive.org.
  2. http://geb.uni-giessen.de/geb/volltexte/2013/9311/pdf/DaoDucThuan_2013_02_05.pdf
  3. "John Foster Dulles on the fall of Dien Bien Phu - Vidéo Dailymotion". Dailymotion. 2007-05-17. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
  4. LOGEVALL, FREDRIK (1993). "The Swedish-American Conflict over Vietnam". Diplomatic History. 17 (3): 421–445. doi:10.1111/j.1467-7709.1993.tb00589.x. ISSN 0145-2096. JSTOR 24912244.
  5. "Opinion | Thailand Bears Guilt for Khmer Rouge". The New York Times. March 24, 1993.
  6. Richardson, Michael. "Singaporean Tells of Khmer Rouge Aid". International Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  7. "How Thatcher gave Pol Pot a hand". New Statesman. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  8. "Butcher of Cambodia set to expose Thatcher's role". The Guardian. 9 January 2000. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  9. Allegations of United States support for the Khmer Rouge
  10. "Reagan Vows to Support Sihanouk's Forces". The New York Times. 12 October 1988. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  11. Michael Shafir (1985). Romania: Politics, Economics and Society : Political Stagnation and Simulated Change. Pinter. p. 187. ISBN 9780861874385.
  12. Desaix Anderson (2002). An American in Hanoi: America's Reconciliation with Vietnam. Eastbridge. p. 104. ISBN 9781891936036.
  13. Gerald Frost (1991). Europe in Turmoil: The Struggle for Pluralism. Praeger. p. 306. ISBN 9780275941291.
  14. "Diplomats Recall Cambodia After the Khmer Rouge". The Cambodia Daily. 5 April 2003. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  15. Weiss, Thomas G.; Evans, Gareth J.; Hubert, Don; Sahnoun, Mohamed (2001). The Responsibility to Protect: Report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty. International Development Research Centre (Canada). p. 58. ISBN 978-0-88936-963-4. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  16. "When Moscow helped topple the Khmer Rouge". www.rbth.com. March 19, 2016.

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