Lasting Legacy
After reunification of North and South, Vietnam became a communist country. People started to recover once the war was over. The war resulted in great destruction of farms, cities, forests, and neighborhoods. The city of Saigon was renamed Ho Chi Minh City for the leader of North Vietnam. Vietnam was bloody, brutal war that took the lives of 58,000 U.S. troops and 2 million Vietnamese soldiers and civilians. As stated by Walter Cronkite, the war was a bloody stalemate. From the economy of Vietnam, to the deaths of all American and non-American soldiers, the effects of this war are still being felt today.
These graphs show the opposition of the war growing throughout the years.
These Presidential Election maps show how the Tet Offensive changed politics and the Presidential Election.
The 1972 reelection of President Nixon meant people were pleased with his handling of the Vietnam War and his withdrawal of troops.