Agreements. The withdrawal of American funding severely limited the South’s ability to defend against the enemy but continued American funding would by no means have assured victory for the South.
The political and military weakness of South Vietnam was arguably one of the main reasons for its defeat in 1975. The Southern Government had a succession of leaders who lacked popular support and the government was ineffective and plagued by corruption. The South Vietnamese top military officers had been trained in America and were taught to use conventional weaponry and fighting methods unsuited to the North’s guerilla warfare and the country’s terrain. American withdrawal required Vietnamisation meaning the South would have to assume responsibility
The political and military weakness of South Vietnam was arguably one of the main reasons for its defeat in 1975. The Southern Government had a succession of leaders who lacked popular support and the government was ineffective and plagued by corruption. The South Vietnamese top military officers had been trained in America and were taught to use conventional weaponry and fighting methods unsuited to the North’s guerilla warfare and the country’s terrain. American withdrawal required Vietnamisation meaning the South would have to assume responsibility