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Communist influence & military infiltration into South Vietnam began almost immediately after the Geneva Accords divided the country into North & South in 1954/55. The war grew from that point.
The peace conference that took place after the French were defeated by Ho Chi Minh produced the Geneva Accords. This was when Vietnam was officially divided into North and South Vietnam.
It ceased to provide military and logistic support to South Vietnam as required for both sides. North Vietnam, although bound by the same conditions, continued to build up military capacity, and invaded in full strength against a South Vietnam with no source of reinforcement or ammunition replenishment.
North Vietnamese troops would be allowed to stay in South Vietnam.
The government of South Vietnam, under President Ngo Dinh Diem, is often cited as the entity that broke the Geneva Accords by not allowing free elections in South Vietnam as stipulated in the agreement. Diem feared that the communists would win the elections and chose not to hold them, which violated the Accords. This played a significant role in escalating the conflict and leading to the Vietnam War.
A free democratic Republic of South Vietnam; pending elections.
It prevented elections in South Vietnam
It prevented elections in South Vietnam
It is the military demarcation between North and South Vietnam. Established by the Geneva accords in 1954
Communist influence & military infiltration into South Vietnam began almost immediately after the Geneva Accords divided the country into North & South in 1954/55. The war grew from that point.
It prevented elections in South Vietnam
In 1956, it divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel into North and South Vietnam. They remained that way until the South Vietnam government surrendered to North Vietnam forces in April, 1975.
In 1954 after the conclusion of the French Indochina War.
The peace conference that took place after the French were defeated by Ho Chi Minh produced the Geneva Accords. This was when Vietnam was officially divided into North and South Vietnam.
No man's land, the "Z" (DMZ=Demilitarized Zone). Korea's "Z" (DMZ) at the 38th parallel still exists, separating Communist North Korea from the republic of South Korea.
There was probably no spark. It was Ho Chi Minh's plan to unite the two countries from the beginning. Infiltration from the north into the south began almost immediately in the 1950's. I think you could rightfully call the Geneva Accords the "spark". It was the Geneva Accords in 1954 that divided Vietnam into two separate countries with promises to hold general elections to unify it. However, when those elections were not held, the Viet Minh, rulers of the north, decided to unite the country by force.
It ceased to provide military and logistic support to South Vietnam as required for both sides. North Vietnam, although bound by the same conditions, continued to build up military capacity, and invaded in full strength against a South Vietnam with no source of reinforcement or ammunition replenishment.