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Which country has got the independence on 26th March 1971?

bangladesh


What was the final battle of the Vietnam war?

On May 15, 1975 American Marines stormed the beaches of a remote island in the Gulf of Thailand called Koh Tang to perform a rescue mission. However, due to intelligence failures and other factors, 41 American servicemembers died that day or were missing in what would be regarded as the last battle of the Vietnam War


What was Memorialday first called?

Memorial Day was originally called Decoration Day. It was established after the Civil War to honor the soldiers who had died in that conflict by decorating their graves with flowers. The name "Memorial Day" became more widely used after World War II and was officially adopted in 1971.


How did the US involvement end in Vietnam?

By 1970 it was plainly clear that the Unites States people had turned against any further support for the war in Vietnam; and South Vietnamese government was too corrupt an inefficient for them to be able to wage the war for much longer. Funding to support the corrupt South Vietnamese regime was cut back significantly and starting in 1971 the United States military began withdrawing their forces from Vietnam. In 1973, the Vietnamese were left to fight it out for themselves; and in 1975 South Vietnam was overrun and surrendered.


What was the cut off date for the Vietnam war draft?

The war ended when the North Vietnamese Army crashed their tanks through the front gates and parked their T-55 tanks on the South Vietnamese Capital's front lawn on 30 April 1975.