answersLogoWhite

0


Want this question answered?

Be notified when an answer is posted

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: Why do you think south Vietnamese would join the vietcong?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

What was the name for the South Vietnamese Communists?

South Vietnamese Army personnel were called ARVNs and South Viet civilians were called "Viet Nationals" (short for South Vietnamese citizens).


How were the experiences of Vietnamese civilians during the war?

North Vietnamese or South Vietnamese? Those would be two completely different experiences.


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 kept Johnson from withdrawing from the war?

The ARVN (South Vietnamese army) were not strong enough to to resist communist infiltration by the Vietcong meaning Vietnam would fall to communism and it would spread to Laos, Cambodia and Thailand. Johnson said "If you let a bully come into your garden, the next day he'll be in your porch, and the day after that he'll rape your wife."


Who was the US pacifying with its policy of Pacification?

In the 1960's pacification policy , They were pacifying Vietnamese.This gave them option that if under suspicion that a Vietnamese village was to be helping Vietcong they would all be killed off and the village destroyed


Are vietnamese south east Asians people?

Yes. SouthWEST Asians would be Iraqi's, etc.


The goal of Nixon's policy of Vietnamization was?

President Nixon's policy of Vietnamization was designed to shift the burden of Vietnam War onto the South Vietnamese army so the United States army could withdraw from the country. Nixon hoped that the South Vietnamese army would be able to defeat North Vietnam if it continued to receive supplies from the United States. The policy failed. Once the United States army withdrew, the South Vietnamese army was defeated by the North Vietnamese army.


How many vietcong in the Vietnam war?

That would be a hard one to answer, because the Vietcong were living in the south, but sympathised with the communist North. They would be right along American troops during the day, and shooting at the Americans when they turned their backs. No one really knows this answer.


What were the targets of the National Liberation Front's Forces?

The majority of death's caused by the NLF/Viet Cong would most likely be attributed to South Vietnamese civilians, followed by South Vietnamese military and then U.S. military personnel.


Who would win China or Vietcong?

There is no way the Vietcong would win against China. China has the biggest army in the world. Give China the win.


What is Veitnamization?

"vietnamization" was thhe plan was to encourage the South Vietnamese to take more responsibility for fighting the war. It was hoped that this policy would eventually enable the United States to withdraw gradually all their soldiers from Vietnam, who, in theory, would be replaced by South Vietnamese soldiers.They weren't and Communist north Vietnam won the war. I suppose America could have saved a lot of lives by not getting involved in the first place


Was Nixon's foreign policy strategy a game?

Well, for a game it was certainly deadly. He had Henry Kissinger go tell South Vietnam that Nixon was a "madman," that he would fly off the handle and bomb them all if he was upset with the South Vietnamese. The South Vietnamese knew America was capable of annhilating them, and thus obeyed Nixon and continued fighting North Vietnamese communism.