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- Fall of Saigon, capture of Saigon, the capital of the Republic of South Vietnam, by North Vietnamese forces, which occurred from March 4 to April 30, 1975. It was the last major event of the Vietnam War and effectively signalled the bitterly contested unification of Vietnam.
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Fall of Saigon, capture of Saigon, the capital of the Republic of South Vietnam, by North Vietnamese forces, which occurred from March 4 to April 30, 1975. It was the last major event of the Vietnam War and effectively signalled the bitterly contested unification of Vietnam.
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The fall of Saigon was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by North Vietnam on 30 April 1975. The event marked the end of the Vietnam War and the collapse of the South Vietnamese state, leading to a transition period and the formal reunification of Vietnam into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam under communist rule on 2 July 1976.
Apr 30, 2020 · The fall of Da Nang, South Vietnam’s second-largest city, on March 29 unleashed a furious exodus that included desperate residents clinging to the rear staircase and landing gear of a World...
Jun 5, 2023 · Updated February 19, 2024. After 20 years of bloodshed, the Vietnam War came to a chaotic end on April 30, 1975, when North Vietnamese forces stormed the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon. The History Behind The Fall Of Saigon, The Tragic Final Chapter Of The Vietnam War. View Gallery.
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Apr 30, 2020 · The Fall of Saigon: How the Vietnam War Ended in 1975. Newly declassified documents from the CIA's chief analyst in Vietnam reveal the chaos as Saigon fell. Vietnamese evacuees board onto an Air America helicopter from the top of 22 Gia Long Street, a half mile from the U.S. Embassy.
Apr 29, 2021 · April 29, 2021. On April 30, 1975, the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese Army, effectively ending the Vietnam War. In the days before, U.S. forces evacuated thousands of Americans and South Vietnamese.