The Fall of Saigon, also known in Vietnam as Reunification Day or Liberation Day, was the capture of the capital of South Vietnam by North Vietnam on 30 April 1975 as part of the 1975 spring offensive.

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 …

Apr 30, 2025 · As victorious North Vietnamese troops ride past on a tank, defeated South Vietnamese troops discard their uniforms in Saigon on April 30, 1975, the day the South Vietnamese capital fell to...

Apr 29, 2021 · 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 …

Jun 5, 2023 · On April 30, 1975, the North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong captured the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon, ending the brutal 20-year conflict.

Apr 27, 2025 · A North Vietnamese tank crashes through the gates of Saigon’s Independence Palace on April 30, 1975. Hanoi had expected its final offensive of the South to take at least a year; it was over …

Nov 16, 2009 · The South Vietnamese stronghold of Saigon (now known as Ho Chi Minh City) falls to People's Army of Vietnam and the Viet Cong on April 30, 1975. The South Vietnamese forces had …

Apr 28, 2025 · Fifty years ago, as the North Vietnamese army closed in on Saigon, U.S. forces, personnel and South Vietnamese civilians struggled to evacuate to American ships offshore.

On April 30, 1975 the city of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, was taken by the army of North Vietnam, ending the conflict that had grown out of the Vietnamese war for independence from …

For me, the story of the fall of Saigon begins in January, 1975, with the North Vietnamese army’s con-quest of Phuoc Long Province, some 60 miles north of Saigon.