"Vietnamization" was a plan in which the U.S. would withdraw troops if the South Vietnamese became strong enough to defend their own freedom. Nixon believed it was arrogance to give up hundreds of lives for a war that didn't pose an immediate threat to the U.S.
U.S. troops would be withdrawn and replaced by South Vietnamese forces.
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The policy of Vietnamization was introduced by President Richard Nixon on November 3, 1969.
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South Vietnam would learn to defend itself
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Vietnamization was the policy of leaving Vietnam, but leaving slow enough to where the South Vietnamese Army would have time to adjust. In hindsight, Vietnamization got the U.S out of Vietnam, but also caused Vietnam to fall to the Communists.