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They were South Vietnamese who supported the North Vietnamese during the Vietnam War?
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There were three names by which South Vietnamese supporters of the North Vietnamese during the Vietnam War were known. One was Viet Cong. The phrase was a shortened form of the Vietnamese "Viet Nam Cong San," for Vietnamese Communist. It was first used by Ngo Dinh Diem [January 3, 1901-November 2, 1963], First President of the Republic of [South] Vietnam, to describe the opponents to his government and the supporters of the Democratic Republic of [North] Vietnam. President Diem held office from October 26, 1955, until the overthrow of his government and his assassination. But the South Vietnamese supporters didn't identify themselves as Viet Cong. Instead, they preferred recognition of their membership in, or support for, the pro-North guerrilla army and political group. For pro-Northerners joined, or supported, the People's Liberation Armed Forces aka PLAF. Or they joined, or supported, the National Front for the Liberation of Southern Vietnam aka National Liberation Front and NLF.
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Why did china support south Vietnam?
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Who was Ho Chin Minh?
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What happened after the war in Vietnam?
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The group that combined vietnamese nationalists with communist was?
During the Vietnam War, there were many people who lived in South Vietnam who supported and fought for the North Vietnamese. They were known as the Viet Cong.
What south Vietnamese supported the north Vietnamese during the Vietnam war?
The U.S. mainly supported the South but Australia and some neutral countries supported the South as well. The Soviet Union and China mainly supported the North.
Did Vietnamese have a place in the US?
Are you talking about a North Vietnamese or South Vietnamese EMBASSY? There would have been no such thing as a Vietnamese Embassy during the Vietnam War. There was no country called Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
What are the demand of north Vietnamese?
If by the North Vietnamese you mean during the Vietnam war their goal was to unite all of Vietnam under a communist regime. Which was successful.
What was the difference between north Vietnamese and Vietcong?
North Vietnamese are inhabitants of North Vietnam, while Vietcong are Vietnamese warriors during the Viet war.
What was the name of the Vietnamese group who were supported by American troops?
I think the answer you want may be ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam). It is pronounced and sometimes spelled as "Arvin."
Who was the vietnamese communist during the Vietnam war?
North Vietnam & VC living in South VN.
What is the correct name for the Vietnam army during the Vietnam War?
For North Vietnam or South Vietnam? The North Vietnamese were known simply as the 'North Vietnamese Army' (NVA) to US forces, but their actual title was Vietnam Peoples' Army, as it common practice in Communist states. The South Vietnamese Army was referred to as the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN).
What country supported north Vietnam during the ware?
Communist North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union and, later, by the People's Republic of China against the Capitalist US-supported South Vietnam.
The were South Vietnamese who supported the North Vietnamese during the Vietnam War.?
There were three names by which South Vietnamese supporters of the North Vietnamese during the Vietnam War were known. One was Viet Cong. The phrase was a shortened form of the Vietnamese "Viet Nam Cong San," for Vietnamese Communist. It was first used by Ngo Dinh Diem [January 3, 1901-November 2, 1963], First President of the Republic of [South] Vietnam, to describe the opponents to his government and the supporters of the Democratic Republic of [North] Vietnam. President Diem held office from October 26, 1955, until the overthrow of his government and his assassination. But the South Vietnamese supporters didn't identify themselves as Viet Cong. Instead, they preferred recognition of their membership in, or support for, the pro-North guerrilla army and political group. For pro-Northerners joined, or supported, the People's Liberation Armed Forces aka PLAF. Or they joined, or supported, the National Front for the Liberation of Southern Vietnam aka National Liberation Front and NLF.
Who were the vietcong and what role did they play in the vietnamese struggle?
The Vietcong were South Vietnamese and Cambodians in a political organization supported by North Vietnam to carry out guerrilla attacks against South Vietnam it support of the northern military.
How did the vietnamese people perceive the US during the war?
During the Vietnam and till 1975 Vietnam was divided in two parts. North Vietnam and South Vietnam. Government in South was supported by USA and was not socialist in nature. Majority of population in South supported US led war effort but population of North Vietnam was much larger than South and stood firmly behind Ho Chi Minh and his forces in war against USA.
