April '75.
April 30th 1975 ; Saigon fell to the communists .
1955 to 1975...about twenty years.
The South Vietnamese capital Saigon , now renamed Ho Chi Minh City , fell to the communists April 30th 1975 .
The capital of South Vietnam , Saigon , fell to the communists April 30th 1975 .
Two interrelated threats faced the government of South Vietnam in 1960. One problem was the threat of an expanding control of its countryside by pro-communists. This posed the threat of a deeper civil war within the South. Secondly, the Saigon government was under a threat by non-communists who believed the Saigon government was not doing enough to protect the nation from a takeover by communists who wished to join with communist North Vietnam to form one unified communist nation.Demonstrations in the capital city of Saigon and elsewhere would be infiltrated by communists with the design to exploit any turmoil with South Vietnam.
cedar falls
cedar falls
Saigon, but it became Ho Chi Minh City when the communists took it over and hence the war ended.
Operation Cedar Falls.
Saigon was renamed Ho Chi Minh City after the fall of Saigon in 1975 by the new communist government, in honor of their great leader Ho Chi Minh. ...... I would dispute the fact that Ho Chi Minh is a "great leader." This is the viewpoint of the communists and certainly is not shared by all Vietnamese. If this was true, we wouldn't experience the great exodus of Vietnamese boat people after the fall of Saigon.
First it was called Saigon, now it is named Ho Chi Min city.
Nguyen Van Thieu was the President of South Vietnam from 1965 to 1975. He resigned days before Saigon fell, and the communists won the war.