after North Vietnamese troops took over Saigon in 1975.
North Vietnam and South Vietnam. South Vietnam was a democratic republic and North Vietnam had a socialist government headed by a communist regime. North Vietnam was trying to defeat the democracy of South Vietnam and unify the country.
The north Vietnamese were fighting with the south Vietnamese because the Viet-min (north) wanted to impliment a communist government and the Viet-cong (south) wanted to remain as they were. The USA interfene and made the whole thing worse.
Ngo Dien Diem
the north won and the south loss
The North were the communists. The South was the free republic (of South Vietnam).
North Vietnam and South Vietnam. South Vietnam was a democratic republic and North Vietnam had a socialist government headed by a communist regime. North Vietnam was trying to defeat the democracy of South Vietnam and unify the country.
Yes but they wanted to unify into a communist country and the United States didn't want South Vietnam to become communist
Both parts of Vietnam were battle sites of the war.
Somewhat democratic South Vietnam was a member of the South East Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO), so by treaty, we were obligated to help defend South Vietnam. We entered the Vietnam War to help South Vietnam stop Communist North Vietnam from their attempts to unify the whole country.
South Vietnam wanted to remain an autonomous democracy, and North Vietnam wanted to unify the whole country under communism.
North Vietnam's communist government wanted to unify all of Vietnam under their control. The plan was to encourage the general population of South Vietnam that a unified Vietnam would be better than their democracy. North Vietnamese soldiers were taught that they were fighting to remove 'foreign aggressors' from Vietnamese soil to help win back the south.
The north Vietnamese were fighting with the south Vietnamese because the Viet-min (north) wanted to impliment a communist government and the Viet-cong (south) wanted to remain as they were. The USA interfene and made the whole thing worse.
It was a civil war of sorts, with North Vietnam fighting to unify the country with the help of allies China and the Soviet Union - and South Vietnam, defended by western and Asian allies in the South East Asia Treaty Organization. (SEATO)
Unification was Ho Chi Minh's goal.
Ngo Dien Diem
the north won and the south loss
There IS no North and South Vietnam, only Vietnam. After the US withdrew combat forces from South Vietnam, North Vietnam violated the peace agreement, invaded and conquered South Vietnam. Game over.