Questions Below Refer To The Following Passage. On September 2, 1945, the Communist Viet Minh party took over Vietnam and declared the country autonomous. The French, however, backed by the British, returned to Vietnam and forced the Viet Minh to attend the Fountainebleau Conference in 1946. Ho Chi Minh, the Viet Minh leader, was inflexible in his demands for unification of his country. The French had divided it into three parts: Cochin China in the south, Tonkin in the middle, and Annam in the north. A French decree making Cochin China a separate republic closed the door on... Show more Questions Below Refer To The Following Passage. On September 2, 1945, the Communist Viet Minh party took over Vietnam and declared the country autonomous. The French, however, backed by the British, returned to Vietnam and forced the Viet Minh to attend the Fountainebleau Conference in 1946. Ho Chi Minh, the Viet Minh leader, was inflexible in his demands for unification of his country. The French had divided it into three parts: Cochin China in the south, Tonkin in the middle, and Annam in the north. A French decree making Cochin China a separate republic closed the door on any possible negotiations at the conference. War broke out between the French and the Viet Minh. In the conflict the United States supported the French, while the Chinese and the Soviets backed the Viet Minh. By 1954 public disapproval of the war and its financial burden forced the French to withdraw. At a peace conference in Geneva, Vietnam was divided with the proviso that reunification would take place by elections two years later. The Communists in North Vietnam and the anti-Communists in South Vietnam refused to collaborate. Led by Ngo Dinh Diem, whose regime was backed by the United States, the South Vietnamese prevented unification elections and persecuted Communists in their region. In January 1959, militant Hanoi Communists again declared war, this time against their own neighbors in the south. The United States’ involvement in Vietnam’s internal affairs increased as President Kennedy sent military advisers in 1961 to assist the South Vietnamese. The war continued. President Johnson ordered American bombing of North Vietnam on February 8, 1965. Ground fighting intensified early in 1968. Neither side appeared to have gained ascendancy over the other, and the American people were fed up with human and financial losses in Vietnam. President Johnson ordered a cutback in the bombing. His successor, Richard Nixon, continued to support South Vietnam but ordered the withdrawal of American combat troops. Peace negotiations between the United States and North Vietnam began in Paris in May 1968, but were not terminated until January 27, 1973. Fighting had reached a deadlock, and the Americans had renewed their bombing offensive in December 1972. With Communist forces remaining in South Vietnam after the American withdrawal, the fighting was renewed immediately after the peace conference. South Vietnam was defeated on April 30, 1975. The following year Hanoi united North and South Vietnam. The conflict had lasted thirty chaotic years. The United States had supported the losing side with over half a million troops and billions of dollars. Show less
Questions Below Refer To The Following Passage.
On September 2, 1945, the Communist Viet Minh party took over Vietnam and declared the country autonomous. The French, however, backed by the British, returned to Vietnam and forced the Viet Minh to attend the Fountainebleau Conference in 1946. Ho Chi Minh, the Viet Minh leader, was inflexible in his demands for unification of his country. The French had divided it into three parts: Cochin China in the south, Tonkin in the middle, and Annam in the north. A French decree making Cochin China a separate republic closed the door on any possible negotiations at the conference. War broke out between the French and the Viet Minh. In the conflict the United States supported the French, while the Chinese and the Soviets backed the Viet Minh. By 1954 public disapproval of the war and its financial burden forced the French to withdraw. At a peace conference in Geneva, Vietnam was divided with the proviso that reunification would take place by elections two years later. The Communists in North Vietnam and the anti-Communists in South Vietnam refused to collaborate. Led by Ngo Dinh Diem, whose regime was backed by the United States, the South Vietnamese prevented unification elections and persecuted Communists in their region. In January 1959, militant Hanoi Communists again declared war, this time against their own neighbors in the south. The United States’ involvement in Vietnam’s internal affairs increased as President Kennedy sent military advisers in 1961 to assist the South Vietnamese. The war continued. President Johnson ordered American bombing of North Vietnam on February 8, 1965. Ground fighting intensified early in 1968. Neither side appeared to have gained ascendancy over the other, and the American people were fed up with human and financial losses in Vietnam. President Johnson ordered a cutback in the bombing. His successor, Richard Nixon, continued to support South Vietnam but ordered the withdrawal of American combat troops. Peace negotiations between the United States and North Vietnam began in Paris in May 1968, but were not terminated until January 27, 1973. Fighting had reached a deadlock, and the Americans had renewed their bombing offensive in December 1972. With Communist forces remaining in South Vietnam after the American withdrawal, the fighting was renewed immediately after the peace conference. South Vietnam was defeated on April 30, 1975. The following year Hanoi united North and South Vietnam. The conflict had lasted thirty chaotic years. The United States had supported the losing side with over half a million troops and billions of dollars.
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