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The fall of Saigon [9] was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by North Vietnam on 30 April 1975. This decisive event led to the collapse of the South Vietnamese government and the evacuation of thousands of U.S. personnel and South Vietnamese civilians, and marked the end of the Vietnam War .
The Battle of Saigon was a week-long battle in South Vietnam (State of Vietnam) between the army of Diệm's government and the private army of the Bình Xuyên organised crime syndicate. At the time, the Bình Xuyên was licensed with controlling the national police by the Chief of State Bảo Đại and Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm ...
The Fall of Saigon marked the end of the Vietnam War when Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, was captured by North Vietnam on 30 April 1975. Saigon was shortly renamed Ho Chi Minh City following the end of the Vietnam War. [4] [5] In the days preceding the Fall of Saigon, the United States evacuated thousands of Americans and South ...
Much of The Sympathizer takes place after the Fall of Saigon in 1975, which marked the end of the Vietnam War in the American consciousness. For Vietnam, the conflict carried on.
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (AP) - As the Marines scrambled to the roof of the U.S. Embassy, they locked a chain-link gate on every other floor to slow the throng of panicked Vietnamese civilians ...
War veterans, party leaders and diplomats gathered in Vietnam's Dien Bien Phu province on Tuesday for an event to mark the 70th anniversary of the country's victory over French colonial forces.
The Battle of Saigon may refer to several battles in the city of Saigon in Vietnam. French colonization of Vietnam battle; Siege of Saigon in 1859, leading to the capture of the city by the French Navy. Divided Vietnam and Vietnam War battles; Battle of Saigon (1955), between the Vietnamese National Army and the Bình Xuyên crime syndicate
Forty years later, the images remain searing: Throngs of desperate South Vietnamese civilians trying to scale the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon.