The US was losing to North Vietnam as their troops were extremely skilled and in abundance. The deaths and casualties in the US Army were exceeding greatly, and the Americans thought it was not worth stopping the communist aggression in the Far east as no one cared that much either.
Also apparently, the people in South Vietnam didn't want to fight so the Americans didnt just want to fight from their side. basically, the main point is that NORTH VIETNAM TACTICS > US TACTICS and the deaths were just too much so they withdrew, leaving south Vietnam to be invaded by communists.
Get our POWs back and leave.
He promised to withdraw troops from Vietnam if he was elected.
Vietnamization
Richard Nixon
France agreed to withdraw its troops
A peace agreement was reached with North Vietnam in which the U.S.and Australia would with draw there troops and North Vietnam would stop attacking South Vietnam. After the U.S. and Australia withdrew there troops North Vietnam broke it's agreement and attacked and over ran South Vietnam.
If he was their president in '72; then yes.
Vietnamization.
The fall of the South Vietnamese capital, Saigon, was in April 1975. By then The United states had withdrawn almost all of it's troops.
was to withdraw US troops and turn over fighting to Vietnamese troops.
The US began reducing Vietnam troop strength in late 1971, and all U.S. troops were out of Vietnam by April 25, 1973. When Saigon fell to North Vietnam communist soldiers in 1975, America had been out of the war for two years.
to withdraw its troops from South Vietnam