THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Ho Chi Minh and the communists
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The United States
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South Vietnam democratically elected officials
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nobody because it is still divided today
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Detailed explanation-1: -North Vietnam was ultimately victorious against South Vietnam and its allies, and Vietnam was officially unified in 1976. Saigon, the former capital of South Vietnam, was renamed Ho Chi Minh City in his honor.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Vietnam War raged for years between the two countries with the US supporting the South and communist countries supporting the north. The North eventually won uniting the country under communist rule in 1975.
Detailed explanation-3: -On 2 September 1969 Hồ died and Lê Duẩn became the most powerful figure in the North. He became the General Secretary in 1960, officially becoming the main personality in the party after Hồ Chí Minh. After Hồ’s death, Lê Duẩn took over the leadership of North Vietnam.
Detailed explanation-4: -The North was under the full control of the Worker’s Party, or Vietnamese Communist Party, led by Ho Chi Minh; its capital was Hanoi.
Detailed explanation-5: -Communist forces ended the war by seizing control of South Vietnam in 1975, and the country was unified as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam the following year.