The cease-fire that ended the Vietnam War resulted in

The 1973 Paris Peace Accords ended direct U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War. They required U.S. troops to leave Vietnam and led to the release of American prisoners of war. North Vietnamese troops did not all withdraw from South Vietnam, so choice D, “the withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam and the release of American POWs,” is correct.

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