THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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the United States and North Vietnam signed the Hanoi Accords in 1973.
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North Vietnamese forces captured Saigon in 1975.
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Communist dictators took over Laos and Cambodia in 1977.
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North Vietnam returned all American prisoners of war in 1979.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Fall of Saigon, capture of Saigon by North Vietnamese forces, which occurred from March 4 to April 30, 1975. It was the last major event of the Vietnam War. The Paris Peace Accords of January 1973 had allowed the United States a face-saving way to extricate its troops from the Vietnam War.
Detailed explanation-2: -Having rebuilt their forces and upgraded their logistics system, North Vietnamese forces triggered a major offensive in the Central Highlands in March 1975. On April 30, 1975, NVA tanks rolled through the gate of the Presidential Palace in Saigon, effectively ending the war.
Detailed explanation-3: -A military government was instituted, and on July 2, 1976, the country was officially united as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam with its capital in Hanoi. Saigon was renamed Ho Chi Minh City. The 30-year struggle for control over Vietnam was over.
Detailed explanation-4: -On April 30, 1975, the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese Army, effectively ending the Vietnam War. In the days before, U.S. forces evacuated thousands of Americans and South Vietnamese.