THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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President Nixon resigned as a result of the withdrawal.
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The North Vietnamese attacked South Vietnam.
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Vietnam held elections as provided for in the Geneva Accords.
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The South Vietnamese government attacked Saigon.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In January 1973, the United States and North Vietnam concluded a final peace agreement, ending open hostilities between the two nations. War between North and South Vietnam continued, however, until April 30, 1975, when DRV forces captured Saigon, renaming it Ho Chi Minh City (Ho himself died in 1969).
Detailed explanation-2: -At a meeting of northern and southern delegates in the summer of 1976, the decision was made official: the two Vietnams would be merged into a single state, called the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1975 South Vietnam fell to a full-scale invasion by the North. The human costs of the long conflict were harsh for all involved. Not until 1995 did Vietnam release its official estimate of war dead: as many as 2 million civilians on both sides and some 1.1 million North Vietnamese and Viet Cong fighters.
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: -At the end of the Tet Offensive, both sides had endured losses, and both sides claimed victory. The U.S. and South Vietnamese military response almost completely eliminated the NLF forces and regained all of the lost territory.