THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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China invaded it and made it their colony.
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Japan invaded it and made it their colony.
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North Vietnamese communism spread throughout the entire country.
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South Vietnam was able to hold off the North and established a democracy that still holds today.
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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: -The surrender created a power vacuum that allowed the Viet Minh to seize power in the northern city of Hanoi. On September 2, 1945, Ho Chi Minh declared the country’s independence, naming it the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
Detailed explanation-3: -The domino theory was a Cold War policy that suggested a communist government in one nation would quickly lead to communist takeovers in neighboring states, each falling like a row of dominos.
Detailed explanation-4: -Following the end of the war, according to official and non-official estimates, between 200, 000 and 300, 000 South Vietnamese were sent to re-education camps, where many endured torture, starvation, and disease while they were being forced to do hard labor.
Detailed explanation-5: -Not only had the USA failed to stop Vietnam falling to communism, but their actions in the neighbouring countries of Laos and Cambodia had helped to bring communist governments to power there too. Many US politicians were mounting pressure to commit to peace. The policy of containment had failed in the propaganda war.