USA HISTORY

THE COLD WAR 1950 1973

THE VIETNAM WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was the plan for replacing US soldiers with Vietnamese soldiers to decrease US involvement called?
A
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
B
Vietnamization
C
Maddox Strategy
D
Agent Orange
Explanation: 

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: -Vietnamization was a strategy that aimed to reduce American involvement in the Vietnam War by transferring all military responsibilities to South Vietnam. The increasingly unpopular war had created deep rifts in American society.

Detailed explanation-3: -Overall, Vietnamization was viewed as a failure since the attempt at training and expanding the South Vietnamese military was unsuccessful. Instead, it led to more deaths until North Vietnam officially won and took power in 1975. Peace talks occurred between the United States, North Vietnam, and South Vietnam.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

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