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History
The ending of the conflict in Vietnam
The end of the war
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History
The ending of the conflict in Vietnam
The end of the war
Conflict and Tension in Asia 1950-1975 REVISION
The Paris Peace Talks
In October 1972, Henry Kissinger had worked out a peace agreement with the North Vietnamese. However, fearing the Americans were going to abandon his country, Nguyen Van Thieu, the President of South Vietnam refused to sign the agreement and the South Vietnamese pulled out of the talks.
Kissinger offered peace terms to the North Vietnamese, while Nixon threatened to launch massive airstrikes if they refused.
Nixon then mounted bombing raids on North Vietnam until, in Paris, the North Vietnamese were forced to sign. Nixon then ordered the South Vietnamese President to sign the peace accord, whether he agreed with it or not.
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Fall of Saigon
A ceasefire was agreed, and American forces would leave Vietnam. The city of Saigon fell to the communists on 30 April 1975.
Once American forces were out of Vietnam, the way was open for a communist takeover of the South.
In April 1975, the forces of North Vietnam entered the southern city of Saigon and the country was unified under communist leadership.
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The price of conflict
The war had cost 58,000 American and 1-4 million Vietnamese lives, affected 700,000 American veterans; cost America over one hundred billion dollars, and damaged reputation and morale at home.
The US withdrawal
The final hours of the American presence in Vietnam were a mad scramble to evacuate US personal and South Vietnamese civilians to US navy ships in the South China Sea.
By March 1973, all American forces has left Vietnam.