USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Vietnamization was a policy of the Richard Nixon administration to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War through a program to “expand, equip, and train South Vietnamese forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops".

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The administration introduced the policy of “Vietnamization, ” a program designed to shift the responsibility of the war from the U.S. to the South Vietnamese, allowing the United States to gradually withdraw its troops from Vietnam.

Detailed explanation-4: -The movement’s principal objectives were the overthrow of the South Vietnamese government and the reunification of Vietnam. The early insurgent activity in South Vietnam against Diem’s government was initially conducted by elements of the Hoa Hao and Cao Dai religious sects.

Detailed explanation-5: -How did vietnamization lead to the end of the war? Vietnamization led to the end of the war because, after the US removed their troops, North Vietnamese forces pushed through South Vietnam and took over cities until they finally ended the war at Saigon.