page_title: Vietnam Military History Museum
section_title: Second Indochina War
hierarchical_section_title: Vietnam Military History Museum / Exhibits / Second Indochina War
caption_attribution_description: English: The Vietnam Military History Museum in the city of Hanoi in 2014.
context_page_description: The Vietnam Military History Museum, set up on 17 July 1956, is one of seven national museums in Vietnam. It covers 12,800 m². It is situated in central Hanoi, opposite the Lenin Park and near the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. The Flag Tower of Hanoi is located inside of the museum grounds.
context_section_description: There is a wide variety of displays seen in the museum focusing  on the second Indochina war (The Vietnam War) through many exhibits presenting information of the tactics of the "American Imperialists" and the different manners in which war was approached in Vietnam, through a focus on the "Vietnamization of War" as well as the many other failures of the Americans, a large portion of the displays are used to symbolize and reinforce the willpower and determination of the Vietnamese.
  The museum also has a large compilation of posters, newspapers and pictures demonstrating the global support condemning the Americans in the war including countries such as Congo, North Korea, Netherlands, Venezuela and Cuba. The museum also boats a very large collection of old machinery and artillery named the "Garden of Broken toys" which were shot down by the Vietnamese including a B-52 sculpture to demonstrate the strength of the Vietnamese during the war, a Chinook, many soviet tanks, and torpedo launchers.
caption: An exhibit holding items from the Second Indochina War
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