South Vietnam - Wikipedia
South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN; Vietnamese: Việt Nam Cộng hòa; VNCH, French: République du Viêt Nam), was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of the Cold War after the 1954 division of Vietnam.
Vietnam War - Fall, Saigon, US Withdrawal | Britannica
2024年10月13日 · On April 30 what remained of the South Vietnamese government surrendered unconditionally, and NVA tank columns occupied Saigon without a struggle. The remaining Americans escaped in a series of frantic air- and sealifts with Vietnamese friends and coworkers.
The South Vietnamese who fled the fall of Saigon – and those …
2017年9月20日 · These camps punished South Vietnamese men who had fought against North Vietnam and allied themselves with South Vietnam and the United States. They combined prison labor and forced...
Fall of Saigon - Wikipedia
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.
Fall of Saigon during the Vietnam War - Britannica
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 .
Vietnam War | Facts, Summary, Years, Timeline, Casualties, …
2024年10月13日 · The Vietnam War (1954–75) was a conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam and its allies in South Vietnam, the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. It was part of a larger regional conflict as well as a manifestation of the Cold War.
South Vietnam under Ngo Dinh Diem - Alpha History
South Vietnam was a nation-state born from the failure of the Geneva Accords. The new rulers of South Vietnam were backed by the United States and their Western allies. These men, epitomised by the Christian prime minister Ngo Dinh Diem, presented themselves as aspiring democrats and capitalists.
who's Who in South Vietnam | American Experience | PBS
After refusing Ho Chi Monh's invitation to join the Communist movement, Ngo Dinh Diem led South Vietnam from 1954 to 1963, when he was killed by his generals in a coup.
The Fall Of Saigon: Inside The Dramatic End Of The Vietnam War
2023年6月5日 · On April 30, 1975, the North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong captured the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon, ending their brutal 20-year conflict.
The Vietnam War: Facts & Info About the Most Controversial ... - HistoryNet
The war was extremely divisive in the U.S., Europe, Australia, and elsewhere. Because the U.S. failed to achieve a military victory and the Republic of South Vietnam was ultimately taken over by North Vietnam, the Vietnam experience became known as “the only war America ever lost.”.