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Wednesday, April 29, 2015

40th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War April 30,1975 - April 30,2015

Vietnam is commemorating the 40th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War with a military parade through the streets of Ho Chi Minh City.
Vietnamese Air Force takes part in a parade celebrating the 40th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War which is also remembered as the fall of Saigon, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Thursday, April 30, 2015.

Regiments of soldiers in dress uniform and elaborate floats are slowly making their way through city streets.
Military parade Ho Chi Minh City 

The Vietnam War

1954 - Geneva Accords signed dividing Vietnam in two - the communist North helps guerrillas in the South fight US backed Southern troops
1964 - US bombs targets in North Vietnam
1965 - The first US combat troops arrive in Vietnam
1973 - The Paris Peace Accords on "Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam" are signed, officially ending direct US involvement - but fighting between North and South continues
On 30 April 1975 the city - which was then called Saigon and was the capital of South Vietnam - was captured by communist troops from the North.
The North's victory ended the war in which at least three million Vietnamese died, as well as 58,000 US soldiers.
The re-unification process was completed the next year.

 


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