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Did the US support North Vietnam or South Vietnam?
Yes, and the more they could get, the more they wanted.
Who are the Congs?
Cong is short for Viet Cong. The Viet Cong were the communist guerrilla forces backed by North Vietnam when they fought against South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
What was the form of gov in vietnam before it was socialist republic?
Before reunification, Vietnam was divided into North Vietnam and South Vietnam. North Vietnam had a Sino-Soviet backed Communist government, while South Vietnam had a Western-backed Democratic government (at least in principle). Prior to the division of North and South Vietnam, it was subject to a French colonial government, whose control of the region was interrupted during WWII, when a Japanese occupational government controlled the region.
What did the North Vietnam backed guerrillas came to be called?
Vietcong
What two countries did the US troops fight during the cold war?
North Korea & North Vietnam.
Is Vietnam a part of Indonesia?
In the past. yes. As two countries were both separated into two parts. North Vietnam & North Korea were both backed up by Soviet Union and China while South Vietnam and South Korea were backed up by the United States. Then Vietnam reunified in April 1975 while Korea has never been able to reunify ever since the separation. Vietnam and Korea shares a lot of similar traits in culture and tradition. Currently, South Korea is the 15th largest economy in the world, Vietnam is the 56th, North Korea is the 125th.
What countries were covered during the Vietnam War?
The countries that were actually "physically" involved, and were bombed or had US aircraft crash into them, whether they were "officially" in the war or not, were: Lao's, Cambodia, North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
Who was a leader of Vietnam country in Vietnam War?
Vietnam was split into two countries during the vietnam war, the north was ruled by Ho Chi Minh and the South by Ngo Diem.
Which countries used conscription in the Vietnam war?
During the Vietnam War, all combatants (including North Vietnam) used draftees except for the New Zealanders, they sent volunteers to South Vietnam.
How did the US attempt to influences Vietnam after it gained independence from France?
The US supported resistance to communism, so it backed the faction in the South, while Russia and China backed the faction in the North. The same had occurred earlier with North and South Korea. South Vietnam became a nominal democracy but an unpopular authoritarian regime, and after the US withdrew its aid, it was overrun by the forces of North Vietnam in 1975.
What countries are near Vietnam?
The countries to west of Vietnam are Laos and to the southwest Cambodia. China borders at the north.
What countries were fighting in the Vietnam War?
North Vietnam/VC vs allies
