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The U.S. supporter the south Vietnamese government in hopes that they would create a communist unified nation?

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Answer:

False.

Explanation:

The US was supporting the South Vietnamese to prevent communism from Vietnam and spreading to more areas of Asia. They did so by supporting political figures and training and arming the South against the communist North and would later join with their military. This was during the Cold War. Communism was spreading from the Soviet Union through Eastern Europe and down Asia. Communism was now well established