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Started part of the war. mass political organization with its own army – the People's Liberation Armed Forces of South Vietnam

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Lightly armed South communist controlled front,fought guerrilla war

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Comments about conduct were seen to reassure to the South that the US would continue to stand by them in the struggle.

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Celebrate Thursday's 40th anniversary of its fall — the day North Vietnam's Communist army captured South Vietnam's capital.

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40 years later, Vietnam is still deeply divided over war.

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The Vietnam War has the longest US combat force participation (17.4 years).

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The turning point during war was the Tet Offensive

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More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict.

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America believed that communism was threatening to expand all over south-east Asia.

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Sandbags appearing everywhere in front of the nation’s doors and windows after Communist rockets struck.

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The North Government was trying to take over South Vietnam with communism

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Neither the Soviet Union nor the United States could risk an all-out war against each other

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United States, South Korea, Australia, and many other anti-communist countries.

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The Vietnam War was a long conflict that pitted Northern Vietnam against Southern Vietnam.

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The War ended in 1973 over the US forces withdrawal and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control 2 years later.