In a program introduced by Ngo Dinh Diem, Vietnamese peasants were moved to special fortified villages called ..... to protect them and prevent them from aiding the Vietcong.

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In a program introduced by Ngo Dinh Diem, Vietnamese peasants were moved to special fortified villages called ____ to protect them and prevent them from aiding the Vietcong.

A	strategic hamlets
B	refugee camps
C	salvation huts
D	None of the above

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1962, Ngô Đình Nhu, President Diem’s brother, headed the Strategic Hamlet Program, attempting to build fortified villages that would provide security for rural Vietnamese. The objective was to lock the Viet Cong out so that they could not operate among the villagers.

Detailed explanation-2: -Strategic Hamlet Program This was an attempt to stop Vietcong from using sympathetic southern villagers to help them hide in the countryside. Vietnamese peasants were removed from their villages and made to live in defended strategic hamlets in loyal areas.

Detailed explanation-3: -President Ngo Dinh Diem realized that he was losing South Vietnam to the Vietcong village by village. He therefore decided to start the ‘strategic hamlet program’ which, with U.S. aid, became the main way to prevent the spread of communism in South Vietnam.

Detailed explanation-4: -As president of South Vietnam (1955–63), Ngo Dinh Diem assumed dictatorial powers. Diem’s heavy-handed tactics against the Viet Cong insurgency deepened his government’s unpopularity, and his brutal treatment of the opposition to his regime alienated the South Vietnamese populace, notably Buddhists.

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