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Vietnamization
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Vi·et·nam·i·za·tion  (v-tn-m-zshn, vyt-, vt-)
n.
During the Vietnam War, the U.S. program of turning over to the South Vietnamese government responsibility for waging the conflict, in order to implement withdrawal of U.S. military personnel.

Vietnamization, Vietnamisation [ˌvjɛtnəmaɪˈzeɪʃən]
n
(Historical Terms) (in the Vietnam War) a US government policy of transferring the tasks of fighting and directing the war to the government and forces of South Vietnam


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The recriminations, thought it would be a good idea for South Vietnamese forces to launch an offensive into neighbouring Laos to disrupt the flow of supplies from North Vietnam down the Ho Chi Minh trail and to show the success of Vietnamisation - handing the war effort to local forces.
After Richard Nixon announced, in mid-1969, his Vietnamisation policy, reducing the number of US troops by around 500,000 over three years, the tonnage of US ordnance dropped in air attacks in Vietnam increased rapidly.
 
 
 
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