The Vietnam War took place in both Vietnam and Cambodia. This brutal war began in 1955 and had ended in 1975. The war was fought between the USA and South Vietnam versus the Vietcong. The main cause of the Vietnam War was to help southern Vietnam against the communist Vietcong supplied and supported by the USA's biggest enemy the USSR with the assistance of People's Republic of China. The war resulted with the unification of Vietnam under the rule of the communist Viet Cong. The Vietnam War was fought in the forests and hills of Vietnam only known to the native Vietnamese who were the enemies of the USA that type of war is called Guerilla warfare. The USA lost due to many different factors some of these were weaknesses of the USA like their support to a failing and unpopular government, the people turning against the drafts and war, and the media also made the war unpopular by showing how Americans are killing the innocent Vietnamese. Also the Vietcong had some strengths that helped them against the USA some of these are the natural terrain of Vietnam composed of forests and hills, they also received military aid from Russia and help with resources from China. The one of the most important strengths of the Vietcong were the support the received from Russia and China. Russia had been supplying the Vietcong army equipment and fuel while China is sending resources and health care. This helped and gave Vietnam help and advantage because the USA had to get supplies from more than 8000 miles away while Vietcong is getting support from neighboring countries. Also Russia would supply Vietcong with their latest technology. Some of the weapons provided to the Vietcong were the SKS and CKC bolt-action rifle, the AK-47 and its variants, the soviet 7.62 light-machine gun and the Soviet 12.7 heavy machine gun, the B-40 and B-41 RPG the Chinese also supported them with ground to air missiles and jets. The dictatorship and corruption in southern Vi