apr 30, 1975 - Fall of Saigon
Description:
The DRV pushes into South Vietnam, eventually capturing the capital, Saigon. It is renamed Ho Chi Minh City in honor of the country's founder and late leader. The North and South are reunited to form one country. This signifies the end of the war. Vietnam remains one of the only communist countries today.Statistics:
2 decades of fighting
2 million Vietnamese killed
3 million Vietnamese wounded
12 million Vietnamese turned refugees
58,000 US soldiers killed
300,000 US soldiers wounded
$120 billion spent by the US
Added to timeline:
Date:
apr 30, 1975
Now
~ 50 years ago