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   What happened to Saigon in 1975?

   • 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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   What happened to Saigon in Vietnam?

   • ( Saigon, South Vietnam (present-day Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)) Some evacuated with the American fleet. The fall of Saigon was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by North Vietnam on 30 April 1975.

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   What happened in South Vietnam?

   • Transcript of helicopter radio transmissions during the fall of Saigon, South Vietnam (now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam). In early March the North Vietnamese launched the first phase of what was expected to be a two-year offensive to secure South Vietnam. As it happened, the South’s government and army collapsed in less than two months.

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   What happened at the end of the Vietnam War?

   • In the end, some 7,000 people, including 5,500 Vietnamese, were whisked from the besieged city. Then, North Vietnamese tanks rolled in. The fall of Saigon marked the end of the Vietnam War, and stands as one of the most dramatic chapters in the conflict's history.

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   Why is it called 'fall of Saigon'?

   • Various names have been applied to these events. The Vietnamese government officially calls it the "Day of liberating the South for national reunification" ( Vietnamese: Giải phóng miền Nam, thống nhất đất nước) or "Liberation Day" ( Ngày Giải Phóng ), but the term "fall of Saigon" is commonly used in Western accounts.

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   Could the North Vietnamese capture Saigon?

   • Thomas Polgar, CIA station chief in Saigon, believed the North Vietnamese could capture Saigon but thought they would prefer a coalition government led by a South Vietnamese neutralist such as General Duong Van Minh, whose brother was a North Vietnamese Army officer.

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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.

   • Date: 30 April 1975; 49 years ago( 1975-04-30)

   • Result: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong victory

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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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   Apr 30, 2020 · Learn about the final, chaotic airlifts of Americans and their Vietnamese allies from Saigon as North Vietnam seized the city in April 1975. Find out why the U.S. withdrew from the war and left behind thousands of Vietnamese who faced a communist regime.

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   3 days ago · Fall of Saigon during the Vietnam War. Air America helicopter evacuating Vietnamese officials and their families from the roof of an apartment building at 22 Gia Long Street in Saigon, South Vietnam, April 29, 1975. (more) On March 29, 1973, the last U.S. military unit left Vietnam.

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   Apr 29, 2021 · Learn how U.S. diplomats organized the largest helicopter evacuation in history to rescue Americans and South Vietnamese from the North Vietnamese Army. See artifacts and photos from the Fall of Saigon and the stories of bravery and sadness behind them.

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   Jun 5, 2023 · See how North Vietnamese forces captured Saigon in 1975, ending the Vietnam War after 20 years of conflict. Learn about the chaotic evacuation of Americans and South Vietnamese, and the impact of the fall on both sides.

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    Apr 30, 2020 · Learn how the CIA's chief analyst in Vietnam reveals the chaos and deception as Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese in April 1975. Read newly declassified documents and insights from Frank Snepp, who witnessed the final fiasco of the Vietnam War.