POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
COLD WAR IN ASIA
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Question
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South Vietnam was saved from Communism
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Vietnam was split and still is
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US withdrew and North and South Vietnam united under communist rule
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North Vietnam became a democratic country
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1975, the North Vietnamese finally achieved the objective of uniting the country under one communist government. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam was formally established on July 2, 1976, and Saigon was renamed Ho Chi Minh City.
Detailed explanation-2: -Communist forces ended the war by seizing control of South Vietnam in 1975, and the country was unified as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam the following year.
Detailed explanation-3: -March 29, 1973: Two months after the signing of the Vietnam peace agreement, the last U.S. combat troops leave South Vietnam as Hanoi frees many of the remaining American prisoners of war held in North Vietnam. America’s direct eight-year intervention in the Vietnam War was at an end.
Detailed explanation-4: -The remaining Americans escaped in a series of frantic air-and sealifts with Vietnamese friends and coworkers. A military government was instituted, and on July 2, 1976, the country was officially united as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam with its capital in Hanoi.
Detailed explanation-5: -Those who argue that the United States won the war point to the fact that the U.S. defeated communist forces during most of Vietnam’s major battles. They also assert that the U.S. overall suffered fewer casualties than its opponents. The U.S. military reported 58, 220 American casualties.