The Vietnam War involved many countries across the world. North Vietnam received support from the Eastern Bloc, while South Vietnam was generally supported by nations of the Western Bloc. Ho Chi Minh from the Việt Minh independence movement and Việt Cộng with East German sailors in Stralsund harbour, 1957

The Warsaw Pact (WP), [d] formally the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance (TFCMA), [e] was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republics of Central and Eastern Europe in May 1955, during the Cold War.

This is a list of wars involving the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and its predecessor states. Thục Phán (An Dương Vương) conquered Lạc Việt. Merging of Âu Việt and Lạc Việt into Âu Lạc. Qin dynasty annexed Minyue, Nanyue and Dong'ou. Âu Lạc retained its independence. Nanyue annexed Âu Lạc. Western Han annexed Nanyue.

Warsaw Pact, (May 14, 1955–July 1, 1991) treaty establishing a mutual-defense organization (Warsaw Treaty Organization) composed originally of the Soviet Union and Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania.

Given the escalating U.S. involvement in the conflict in Vietnam as well as past U.S. pronouncements on non-intervention in the East Bloc, the Soviets guessed correctly that the United States would condemn the invasion but refrain from intervening.

Jan 16, 2025 · Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, accompanied by First Lady Le Thi Bich Tran, arrived in Warsaw on January 16 to begin a historic visit marking 75 years of Vietnam-Poland diplomatic ties.

During the American war in Vietnam, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was conducting military exercises in the Atlantic Ocean. NATO originally formed in 1949 during the aftermath of World War II. It served as a bulwark against communist expansion in Europe as the Cold War began.

Jan 17, 2025 · Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk made the statement during talks with his Vietnamese counterpart on Thursday in Warsaw. Mr. Tusk said Vietnam has always been a friend of Poland and is now one of Poland’s most important partners in Southeast Asia.

Nov 13, 2009 · The Soviet Union and seven of its European satellites sign a treaty establishing the Warsaw Pact, a mutual defense organization that put the Soviets in command of the armed forces of the member...

Sep 16, 2024 · Explore the pivotal dynamics of NATO versus the Warsaw Pact during the Cold War, examining military structures, ideologies, and their lasting legacies.