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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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