Edited sentence: Although Joseph Stalin did indeed purge his civil service prior to the Second World War, the likening of the DRV to Communist Russia is based largely on speculation.Although the fall of Saigon is remembered with bittersweet emotion (see The Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh), it represented the ultimate goal of all resistance forces during the Vietnam War.Despite the opinion of the American administration and supporters since the war, the true nature of the North Vietnamese unification effort was a mystery to American policy makers.The ultimate liberation of Vietnam was the early dream of individuals such as Ho Chi Minh and his followers