THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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Communist leader Ho Chi Minh to unite all the nationalist groups, encouraging them to unite together and did movements
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The communist takeover of Vietnam:South Vietnam (by the Viet Cong), Laos (by the Pathet Lao), and Cambodia (by the Khmer Rouge).
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Both are correct
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -After the United States withdrew from the conflict, North Vietnam invaded the South and united the country under a communist government.
Detailed explanation-2: -Marxism was introduced in Vietnam with the emergence of three communist parties: the Indochinese Communist Party, the Annamese Communist Party, and the Indochinese Communist Union, later joined by a Trotskyist movement led by Tạ Thu Thâu.
Detailed explanation-3: -In September 1945, the Vietnamese nationalist leader Ho Chi Minh proclaimed Vietnam’s independence from France, beginning a war that pitted Ho’s communist-led Viet Minh regime in Hanoi (North Vietnam) against a French-backed regime in Saigon (South Vietnam).
Detailed explanation-4: -The US justified its military intervention in Vietnam by the domino theory, which stated that if one country fell under the influence of Communism, the surrounding countries would inevitably follow. The aim was to prevent Communist domination of South-East Asia.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.