HIST 115 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Ngo Dinh Diem, 17Th Parallel North
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The vietnam war was a protracted, costly, and divisive war that pitted the communist government of north vietnam against south vietnam and its principal ally, the us. The ensuing cold war exacerbated the rivalry between the us and the soviet. Over 3 million people (including more than 58,000 americans) were killed in the. Vietnam war, and more than half of those killed were vietnamese civilians. Opposition to the u. s. war bitterly divided americans, even after u. s. forces were directed to withdraw in 1973 by president richard nixon. The communist forces ended the war in 1975 by seizing control of south. Vietnam and the next year the country was reunited as the socialist republic of. A nation in southeast asia on the eastern edge of the indochinese peninsula, vietnam has been under occupation since the 19th century by the french colonial rule japanese forces invaded vietnam during world.
