USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -March 29, 1973: Two months after the signing of the Vietnam peace agreement, the last U.S. combat troops leave South Vietnam as Hanoi frees many of the remaining American prisoners of war held in North Vietnam . America’s direct eight-year intervention in the Vietnam War was at an end.

Detailed explanation-2: -Opposition to the war in the United States bitterly divided Americans, even after President Richard Nixon ordered the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973. Communist forces ended the war by seizing control of South Vietnam in 1975, and the country was unified as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam the following year.

Detailed explanation-3: -In January 1973, the United States and North Vietnam concluded a final peace agreement, ending open hostilities between the two nations. War between North and South Vietnam continued, however, until April 30, 1975, when DRV forces captured Saigon, renaming it Ho Chi Minh City (Ho himself died in 1969).

Detailed explanation-4: -The Vietnam War ended on April 30, 1975, when Saigon-the capital of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) fell to the North Vietnamese army. This marked the end of American involvement in Vietnam and resulted in a Communist victory.

Detailed explanation-5: -On March 29, 1973 the last U.S. combat troops left South Vietnam, ending direct U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War. Military advisers to the South Vietnamese Army remained, as did Marines protecting U.S. installations, and thousands of Defense Department civilians.