ENDING THE VIETNAM WAR

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ENDING THE VIETNAM WAR
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1972 Vietnamization complete

• U.S. still defends ally with airpower
• gave South Vietnam our supplies

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1973War Powers Act

• president MUST
• get Congress
• approval to
• send troops to
• an armed
• struggle

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1973 Paris Peace Accords

• Cease-fire, U.S. withdrawal, release of POWS
• Fighting continued between North and South

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1975 North Vietnam Victory

• major NVA attack against South Vietnam
• rapid gains in 1 month without U.S.
• U.S. evacuation and Saigon falls

last U.S helicopter out of Saigon
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Effects

• Millions of casualties
• Vietnam communist,
• also Cambodia and Laos

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Effects
This Paj Ntaub shows the Hmong role in the
Vietnam War, helping the Americans by fighting
the Communists in Laos and the subsequent escape
of Hmong as refugees across the Mekong River
into Thailand.

• Refugees flee the region