Aftermath of Vietnam War
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- Created on: 28-03-14 10:44
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- Aftermath of the Vietnam War
- US lost 46,000 soldiers
- An estimated 3 million Vietnamese died
- US bombing destroyed most of Hanoi and other northeren cities
- US suffered no physical damage to cities or infrastructure but psychological impact was greater
- growing drug culture in US partly due to large numbers of servicemen who took drugs during the war
- Created an atmosphere of pessimism in US and lack of trust for government
- 1976 Vietnam reunified as Socalist Republic of Vietnam
- Cambodia fell to communism April 1975 and Khmer Rouge caused genocide that killed over 1 million people
- 1978 Vietnam invaded Cambodia and removed Khmer Rouge, criticised by UN for invasion
- As Khmer Rouge were allies of China, in 1979 China invaded Vietnam but withdrew after a month of short, bloody fighting.
- All of the former French colonies fell to communism but no other 'dominoes' fell so theory appeared to be wrong
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