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Military, political, and social historians have ever after debated why the United States was unable to defeat the North Vietnamese. The primary reason is probably the total psychological commitment of substantially all North Vietnamese and many South Vietnamese people to reunification of the country. America at first operated on the assumption that [[victory by body count]] was possible and would eventually bring the North Vietnamese to the peace table. There were in fact peace negotiations following [[Operation Linebacker II]] in December 1972, but these succeeded mostly in giving the United States its prisoners back and time to withdraw from the fight. It was simply impossible for the North Vietnamese leadership to imagine the indefinite existence of South Vietnam or to think critically about the price they were paying to annex that country. Accordingly, they renewed their offensive in 1975 and took over the former South Vietnamese capital of [[Saigon]], renaming it "Ho Chi Minh City."
Military, political, and social historians have ever after debated why the United States was unable to defeat the North Vietnamese. The primary reason is probably the total psychological commitment of substantially all North Vietnamese and many South Vietnamese people to reunification of the country. America at first operated on the assumption that [[victory by body count]] was possible and would eventually bring the North Vietnamese to the peace table. There were in fact peace negotiations following [[Operation Linebacker II]] in December 1972, but these succeeded mostly in giving the United States its prisoners back and time to withdraw from the fight. It was simply impossible for the North Vietnamese leadership to imagine the indefinite existence of South Vietnam or to think critically about the price they were paying to annex that country. Accordingly, they renewed their offensive in 1975 and took over the former South Vietnamese capital of [[Saigon]], renaming it "Ho Chi Minh City."
Though there is speculation among the number of casualties, estimates reveal that as many as 5 million Vietnamese died as a result of the war. In addition to this death toll, as many as 4 million were considered civilians.
The total number of United states armed forces casualties = 58209
Today Vietnam has a communist government.
Today Vietnam has a communist government.