COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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The United States withdrew, and Vietnam was united under communist rule.
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The United States defeated the North Vietnamese, and Vietnam was unified under democratic e.
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The two sides fought to a stalemate, leaving North and South Vietnam divided.
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The Vietnam War ended in a peace treaty, and the two countries are allies today.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Finally, in January 1973, representatives of the United States, North and South Vietnam, and the Vietcong signed a peace agreement in Paris, ending the direct U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Army had to fight in unfamiliar territory, was lacking in moral, were not prepared for the conditions, could not shut down the Ho Chi Minh Trail, and were untrained to respond to guerilla warfare. This combination of disadvantages and the loss of public support led to the United States withdrawing from Vietnam.
Detailed explanation-4: -The remaining Americans escaped in a series of frantic air-and sealifts with Vietnamese friends and coworkers. A military government was instituted, and on July 2, 1976, the country was officially united as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam with its capital in Hanoi. Saigon was renamed Ho Chi Minh City.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Vietnam War was a long, costly, and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States.