How Did Cold War Affect Popular Culture
VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE April 27th, 1975, North Vietnamese soldiers had finally reached the outskirt of the southern capital, Saigon. The war in Viet Nam that lasted 20 years is about to come to an end with communism taking over. It was all over, Saigon was surrounded by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops. Presiden Nguyen Van Thieu resigned as president and gave his farewell speech and denounced the United States for failing in aiding the South before the North would later come into the city. North Vietnamese forces under the command of Senior General Van Tien Dung began their final attack on Saigon, which was commanded by Gerneral Nguyen Van Toan on April 29th, with a heavy artillery bombardment" [absoluteastronomy.com/topics/fall_of_saigon]. By the afternoon of the next day, North Vietnamese troops had occupied the important points within the city and rose their flag over the South Vietnamese Presidential Palace. South Vietnam captulated shortly after. The city was renamed Ho Chi Minh City, after communist leader, Ho Chi Minh. The fall of the city was preceded by the evacuationof almost all the American civilian and military personnel in Saigon, along with tens of thousands of South Vietnamese civilians associated with the southern regime. "The evacuation culminated in Operation Frequent Wind, which was the largest helicopter evacuation in history" [absoluteastronomy.com/topics/fall_of_saigon]. In addition to the flight of refugees, the end of the war and institution of new rules by the communists contributed to a decline in the population of the city. But to those who were unlucky that had stayed back because they didn't have the chance, they were about to undergo the most dangerous, terrying escape of their lives....by boat. Preparing for this kind of escape would take several months probably several years for some. Weather it's coming up with the money for the mechanics or possibly coming up with the money to be able to travel up to the city