"Vietcongs"
US Soldiers often refer to them as "Charlie". With "Charlie" as being plural and singular.
The North were the communists. The South was the free republic (of South Vietnam).
They gained the Republic of South Vietnam.
The policy of Soviet (Communist) containment meant that the communists would not be allowed to take over South Vietnam. We would destroy the communists in South Vietnam and contain them to NORTH Vietnam.
Russia (Bolshevik Revolution-Communists won); China (Communist Revolution-Communists won); South Korea (Communists stopped); South Vietnam (Communists won).
Communists would take over South Vietnam
North was the communists the souyh capitalists.
North Vietnam fought alone (other than South Vietnamese communists known as the VC). North Vietnam was supplied by USSR/Communist China with war equipment.
The capital of South Vietnam , Saigon , fell to the communists April 30th 1975 .
Ford was President when South Vietnam fell to the communists (North Vietnam).
Kennedy feared that Communists would take over South Vietnam.
April 30th 1975 ; Saigon fell to the communists .
The communists conquered the Republic of South Vietnam on 30 April 1975.