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Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone facts for kids

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The Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone was the border between North Vietnam and South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. In 1954, after the Viet Minh defeated France during the First Indochina War, France gave up control of Vietnam, but France also split Vietnam in two halves. The Vietnamese DMZ would be a place where many battles would take place during the Vietnam War. After North Vietnam defeated South Vietnam at the end of the war, the Vietnamese DMZ was no more and the two countries were united into one Vietnam.

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  • 17th para taken from N of river

    Photo taken from the north side of the DMZ at the Route 1 crossing. The guard tower on the left is a re-creation and spires seen in the distance through the arch are a new monument.

  • DMZ March, 1968

    The Demilitarized Zone between North and South Vietnam, March 1968, looking west toward Laos.

  • Vietnam DMZ II

    Map of the DMZ from 1957

  • Vietnam DMZ 2

    Map of the DMZ from 1966

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