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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Who won the Vietnam war?

ILovePuppiesLol (ilovepuppieslol):

pretty sure nobody really "won"

ILovePuppiesLol (ilovepuppieslol):

but the communists did succeed in their goal

ILovePuppiesLol (ilovepuppieslol):

http://classroom.synonym.com/won-vietnam-war-23644.html this may help

OpenStudy (wwhitlock):

@ILovePuppiesLol is right. The US won the war and got everybody to sign a peace treaty. Part of the treaty allowed the US to sell parts to South Vietnam to keep their military going. Because of Watergate and other things, Congress decided to stop sending anything to South Vietnam. So we left our ally to deal with the North by themselves. Our soldiers had coe home, and we wouldn't sell them parts. So the north invaded again. Saigong fell. And that's the image most people remember.

ILovePuppiesLol (ilovepuppieslol):

wow im right

ILovePuppiesLol (ilovepuppieslol):

yay lmao

OpenStudy (bigdaddyharsha):

The United States committed to the defense of South Vietnam because of the policy of "containment." The United States and its allies decided to avoid provoking a third World War by trying to roll back communist gains. Instead, they would try to keep any more countries from falling to communism. The United States spent vast amounts of money and suffered tens of thousands of casualties trying to keep South Vietnam from becoming communist, but in the end it did. Communism was not contained successfully. According to this analysis, North Vietnam was clearly the winner.

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