The Fall of Saigon

By nguyena21

  • Communists had taken power in China

  • Korean War began

  • U.S became involved

  • Domino theory

  • Henry Kissinger was President Richard M. Nixon's Secretary of State and National Security Advisor

  • President John F Kennedy took office

  • Kennedy was assassinated

  • American destroyer was attacked

  • Military intervention

  • Mass demonstration took place

  • War was heading to victory

  • Johnson announced the start of peace talks in Paris

  • North Vietnam and the Vietcong launched a serious of attacks

  • Extricated the U.S from Vietnam

  • Began "Vietnamization"

  • Withdrawed U.S forces

  • Paris Peace Accords called for an end to the fighting

  • The end finally came; Communist forces overran the South

  • Evacuation of Saigon

  • Vietnam lost war

  • Commander Hung Ba Le returned to the country

  • Party leaders followed China's lead