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38th parallel
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a line that crosses korea at 38degrees north latitude, Japanese troops surrended to soviet forces
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douglas macarthur
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a total of 15 nations including the united states and britain, participated under the command of the general
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ho chi minh
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turned to the communists for help in his struggle and he was a young vietnamese nationalist
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domino theory
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the idea that if a nation falls under communist control, nearby nations will also fall under communist control
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ngo dinh diem
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to the south the united states and france set up an anti-communist government under the leadership he ruled the south as a dictatorship
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vietcong
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communists guerrillas
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vietnamization
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president richard nixon strategy for ending united states involvememnt in the vietnam war, involving a gradual withdrawal of american trooops and replacement of them with south vietnamese forces
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khmer rouge
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a group of communist rebels who seized power in cambodia in 1975
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