WORLD HISTORY

WORLD WAR II

CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WORLD WAR II

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The government of South Vietnam feared that they would lose the election to join them with North Vietnam because the leader of North Vietnam was very ____
A
mean
B
opinionated
C
popular
D
powerful
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Both sides were entirely dependent on outside sources for the wherewithal needed to conduct operations. The war was lost because Congress drastically reduced aid to South Vietnam while North Vietnam was receiving greatly increased support from its communist patrons.

Detailed explanation-2: -Following the surrender of Saigon to North Vietnamese forces on 30 April 1975, the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam officially became the government of South Vietnam, which merged with the Democratic Republic of Vietnam to create the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on 2 July 1976.

Detailed explanation-3: -As president of South Vietnam (1955–63), Ngo Dinh Diem assumed dictatorial powers. Diem’s heavy-handed tactics against the Viet Cong insurgency deepened his government’s unpopularity, and his brutal treatment of the opposition to his regime alienated the South Vietnamese populace, notably Buddhists.

Detailed explanation-4: -Nguyen Van Thieu, (born April 5, 1923, Tri Thuy, Ninh Thuan province, Vietnam-died September 29, 2001, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.), president of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) from 1967 until the republic fell to the forces of North Vietnam in 1975.

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