Vietnamese Revolution & Fall of Saigon (1975) Vietnam united under communism after decades of war.

Описание: French colonial rule to the First Indochina War, division at the 17th parallel, American escalation, and finally April 30, 1975—the day Saigon fell and Vietnam reunified. From Operation Frequent Wind to Đổi Mới, this film explores victory, loss, and the price of freedom.

Chapters

00:00 — Chapter 1: The Fall of Saigon
08:45 — Reunification & the Price of Peace (1975–1976):
16:40 — Chapter 2: The French Return (1945–1954)
24:30 — Dien Bien Phu (1954)
30:55 — Chapter 3: A Divided Land (1954–1960)
38:40 — Ho Chi Minh Trail takes shape
43:05 — Chapter 4: America Enters the War (1961–1968)
51:10 — Tet Offensive (1968)
57:30 — Chapter 5: The Fall of America’s Will
1:04:20 — Paris Peace Accords (1973)
1:08:40 — Ho Chi Minh Campaign (1975)
1:13:00 — Operation Frequent Wind
1:17:00 — Aftermath & Legacy (1975–1990)
1:22:00 — Chapter 6: Lessons & Memory

Why Dien Bien Phu (1954) ended French rule and split Vietnam

How Ngo Dinh Diem’s regime and repression helped spark the NLF/Viet Cong

What Gulf of Tonkin and Rolling Thunder did—and didn’t—achieve

Why Tet 1968 was a strategic shock despite battlefield losses

How Vietnamization, Cambodia/Laos bombings, and the Pentagon Papers eroded U.S. will

What happened during Operation Frequent Wind and the Fall of Saigon

Post-1975 realities: re-education, boat people, embargo, and the economic turn of Đổi Mới

Fall of Saigon, Liberation of Saigon, April 30 1975 Vietnam, Operation Frequent Wind, US Embassy Saigon evacuation, ARVN collapse, Ho Chi Minh Campaign, South Vietnam surrender, Duong Van Minh, North Vietnamese Army (NVA), Viet Cong, NLF, Ho Chi Minh, Vo Nguyen Giap, Ngo Dinh Diem, Thich Quang Duc, Gulf of Tonkin Incident, Operation Rolling Thunder, Tet Offensive 1968, My Lai (context), Vietnamization, Paris Peace Accords 1973, Henry Kissinger, Pentagon Papers, Cambodia bombing, Laos bombing, Ho Chi Minh Trail, reeducation camps Vietnam, Vietnamese boat people, Agent Orange effects, Vietnam War casualties, First Indochina War, Dien Bien Phu 1954, Geneva Accords 1954, 17th parallel, reunification 1976, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Doi Moi 1986, Vietnam Cold War history, Southeast Asia wars, history documentary Vietnam

vi: Giải phóng Sài Gòn, 30/4/1975, Chiến dịch Frequent Wind, Tái giáo dục, Thuyền nhân, Hiệp định Paris 1973, Đổi Mới 1986, Điện Biên Phủ, Hiệp định Genève, Đường mòn Hồ Chí Minh, Tết Mậu Thân
fr: Chute de Saïgon, Diên Biên Phu, Accords de Genève, Guerre du Viêt Nam, Accords de Paris
es: Caída de Saigón, Ofensiva del Tet, Acuerdos de París, Guerra de Vietnam, botes de refugiados
de: Fall von Saigon, Tet-Offensive, Pariser Abkommen, Vietnamisierung, Bootsflüchtlinge

Educational, historically grounded; includes themes of war, displacement, and civilian impact. Archival photos/maps used for context.

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