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North Vietnam

noun

  1. that part of Vietnam N of about 17° N; formerly a part of French Indochina; separate republic 1954–75.


North Vietnam

noun

  1. a region of N Vietnam, on the Gulf of Tonkin: an independent Communist state from 1954 until 1976. Area: 164 061 sq km (63 344 sq miles)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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North Vietnam and the Vietcong were supported by the Soviet Union and China, though at different points in the war, and the Sino-Soviet split complicated that equation.

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She made the first of several trips to Cuba in 1959, months after the revolution led by Fidel Castro, and also visited other Communist-led countries, including the Soviet Union, China, Hungary and North Vietnam.

He first spoke out against the war in September of 1965, calling for the United States to halt its bombing of North Vietnam and attempt a negotiated peace.

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In the entire war, he was the only American who managed to escape from North Vietnam.

McCain, shot down as a bomber pilot over North Vietnam on October 26, 1967, was brutally treated by his captors.

Browne notes that about 90% of the prisoners of war held by North Vietnam were downed pilots and aircrew.

For 20 days now we and our Vietnamese allies have dropped no bombs in North Vietnam.

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