North Vietnam
that part of Vietnam N of about 17° N; formerly a part of French Indochina; separate republic 1954–75.
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How to use North Vietnam in a sentence
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.
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.
Elizabeth Martínez, writer and activist for Chicano and feminist causes, dies at 95 | Matt Schudel | July 2, 2021 | Washington PostHe 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.
The FBI's Surveillance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Was Relentless. But Its Findings Paint a Fuller Picture for Historians | Benjamin Hedin | January 18, 2021 | TimeIn 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.
John McCain’s Surprising Toast at Kissinger’s 90th Birthday Party | The Daily Beast | June 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
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.
British Dictionary definitions for North Vietnam
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)
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