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Last days of the Vietnam Conflict and American Disengagement: "In the early hours of April 30, the last US Marines left the embassy as hectic Vietnamese breached the embassy perimeter and raided the place. PAVN T-54 tanks moved into Saigon. The South Vietnamese resistance was light. Tank skirmishes began as ARVN M-41 tanks attacked the heavily armored Soviet T-34 tanks. PAVN troops soon dashed to capture the US embassy, the government army garrison, the police headquarters, radio station, presidential palace, and other vital targets. The PAVN encountered greater-than expected resistance as small pockets of ARVN resistance continued. By now, the helicopter evacuations that had saved 7,000 American and Vietnamese had ended. The presidential palace was captured and the Vietcong flag waved victoriously over it. President Duong Van Minh surrendered Saigon to PAVN colonel Bui Tin. The surrender came over the radio as Minh ordered South Vietnamese forces to lay down their weapons. Columns of South Vietnamese troops came out of defensive positions and surrendered. Saigon fell on April 30, 1975. As for the Americans, many stayed in South Vietnam but by May 1, 1975 most Americans had fled, leaving the city of Saigon forever." Aftermath in Indochina following the Conflict: "Fear of persecution caused many highly skilled and educated South Vietnamese connected with the former regime to flee the country during the fall of Saigon and the years following, severely depleting human capital in Vietnam. The new government promptly sent people connected to the South Vietnam regime to concentration camps for "re-education", often for years at a time. Others were sent to so-called "new economic zones" to develop the undeveloped land. Furthermore, the victorious Communist government implemented land reforms in the south similar to those implemented in North Vietnam earlier. However, it is as well to remember that large areas of land in South Vietnam had already been appropriated by the communists well before the end of the war
No one knows the exact number of people that fled; because many may not have survived. For the survivors, figures show that over 1 million successfully reached lands away from the collapsed nation of South Vietnam.
Communist slaughter.
No... refugees fled before, during, and after the war. It was because they did not want to live under communist rule, doesn't mean they were being killed. If they were slaughtered vietnam's population would be small
South Viet military personnel flew their families and themselves out to US Navy aircraft carriers and ditched their aircraft near US Navy vessels; then they were picked up by USN personnel. Some South Viet aircraft landed upon the USN carriers; when there wasn't room for other aircraft coming in to land, the aircraft (predominently helicopters) were shoved over-board into the sea. ONE famous aircraft to land on a US Carrier (possibly the USS Midway, preserved today in California as a memorial museum) was a fixed-wing former US Army 0-1 Bird Dog. This was the first time in aviation history that an army fixed wing single engine reconnaissance (Bird Dog) airplane landed on a carriers decks. The 0-1 Bird Dog was the US Army's FIRST all metal airplane built for the US Army since the US Air Force separated from the Army in 1947. The US Army adapted the Bird Dog in 1950. The "Dog" fought it's first war in Korea, it's second and last war in Vietnam. The Bird Dog that landed on the carrier in '75 has been preserved in a museum in the US.
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How many Vietnamese fled from Vietnam during to War?
Over 1 million people managed to reach foreign shores. The total number that fled cannot be determined, because many may not have survived.
American soldiers were confused to discover that many south vietnamese people?
Had fled to Laos and Cambodia.
How many deaths were there on the South Vietnam side during the Vietnam War?
See: Statistics About the Vietnam War. Recommended by the History Channel.
How many Americans and how many Vietnamese died in the Vietnam war?
Of the more than 58,000 American soldier killed during the Vietnam War, eight were women. Sixty American female civilians were also killed.
How many young men fled the country to avoid the Vietnam Draft?
It is estimated that approximately 50,000 Americans went to Canada in order to avoid the draft. The Vietnam War lasted from 1959 to 1975.
How many Vietnamese fled from Vietnam during to War?
Over 1 million people managed to reach foreign shores. The total number that fled cannot be determined, because many may not have survived.
South Vietnamese refugees and fear of communist north?
Most Vietnamese are not refugees and most refugees are not Vietnamese. Those Vietnamese that became refugees in the 1940s-1980s fled the violence of the Indochina Wars, which destroyed Vietnam and made life difficult for many Vietnamese.
How many casualties were upon south Vietnam have during the Vietnam war?
Historians estimate, that approximately 200,000 South Vietnamese servicemen of the Army Republic South Vietnam (ARVN), South Vietnamese Marines, Air Force & Navy were killed during the Vietnam War.
The group that combined vietnamese nationalists with communist was?
During the Vietnam War, there were many people who lived in South Vietnam who supported and fought for the North Vietnamese. They were known as the Viet Cong.
How many vietnamese people lost their life during the Vietnam War?
over 300,000
How many different weapons were used by vietnamese soldiers during the Vietnam war?
North or South Vietnamese? They used different equipment.
How many Vietnamese were killed by America in Vietnam?
The Vietnam government claimed that about 400,000 Vietnamese were killed by America in Vietnam.
How many refugees left Vietnam during the time of the Vietnam war?
Historians estimate approximately one million Vietnamese refugees left Vietnam.
Who were the Indochinese refugees who fled by sea in 1975?
They were the Vietnamese "boat people". Many were rescued by US Navy and other ships and emigrated to the United States after the fall of South Vietnam.
How many Vietnamese people died?
1.1 million North Vietnemese people were killed during the Vietnam war
How many US military served during Vietnam War?
Approximately 2,594,000 US Servicemen served "in country" during the Vietnam War.
How many Northern Vietnamese were killed in Vietnam War?
69
