THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Detailed explanation-1: -seventeenth parallel, the provisional military demarcation line established in Vietnam by the Geneva Accords (1954).
Detailed explanation-2: -In July 1954, the Geneva Agreements were signed. As part of the agreement, the French agreed to withdraw their troops from northern Vietnam. Vietnam would be temporarily divided at the 17th parallel, pending elections within two years to choose a president and reunite the country.
Detailed explanation-3: -July 21, 1954 In Vietnam, the accords create two “regroupment” zones separated by a Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) roughly along the 17th parallel, and restrict the activities of foreign military personnel in Southeast Asia. French forces must withdraw south of the DMZ and Communist forces north.
Detailed explanation-4: -The conference issued the Geneva Accords, which divided Vietnam officially into North Vietnam and South Vietnam along the 17th parallel as a temporary measure and promised free Vietnam-wide elections for 1956 (although these elections never occurred).