Fall of Saigon

When

30 Apr 1975

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

10.78° N, 106.70° E

Description

1975 capture of Saigon by the People’s Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam

End of the Vietnam War, 30 April 1975

Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, was captured by North Vietnam on 30 April 1975. This caused the evacuation of thousands of civilians and U.S. personnel, and ended the Vietnam War. The aftermath ushered in a transition period under the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam until the formal reunification in 1976.

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