That guy who was running over the bridge when both sides where fighting died last month. Takes a lot of balls to report like that. RIP Michael Nicholson.
They weren't worth fighting for anyway. 20 years there and they still couldn't govern or run their own country. The US left it up the Afghan government to be able to run Afghanistan. And they promptly shit the bed and failed miserably.
The ambassador was not the last. Eleven Marines who were picked up on the rooftop of the embassy were the last. See "We were the last eleven" video here on YT.
Rich Brook I totally agree with your notion. If the U.S. helped Vietnam gain their independence and make them an ally, it would benefit the U.S. exponentially in Southeast Asia against a growing China. Now look at how hostile China has become; they are claiming all of the China seas and stealing land that doesn't belong to them. Sooner or later when they become the number one economy, they will quadruple it of the U.S. with the the size of their population.
Ho Chi Minh 's intention was to free VNese people and remain neutral in the conflict between U.S and USSR ... He travelled around the world to pledge for the U.S to help Vietnam gain independence , like U.S did in 1776 when they asked France to liberate them from Britain .
***** Yes, they hijacked a genuine independence movement & turned it into a communist movement! khai do is 100% correct Ho Chi Minh even offered the US the use of Cam Rhan Bay if they kicked the French out, but sadly the US said no & the rest is history! PS The Vietnamese have a long history of being proudly independent, they used communism to gain freedom, but things could have been so different if the US had said yes to their offer!
Ethan Manigbas You forget to mention it all started with Mao kicking Chiang Kai-Shek out of China! The US govt couldn't believe that the side it backed got fucked over, & nobody was gonna loose another Asian country to the commies (Korea comes to mind)! You're correct about the "Domino Theory" & also about the poor bastards in Vietnam.
@@lepetitchat123 That was the plan, but the South Vietnamese government blocked it because they knew the communists would win the elections. That's an important reason why the war started in the first place.
You think this a joke? I was their. I lived because of one man, a real soldier. Sgt. Jerry Tramel he fought 3 times in Vietnam and spent months in a POW camp. I know because he got me out. This is a soldier. The Army made him a real fighting machine. He would fight while everyone else was sleeping. "A Machine."I think about men like him and what this country would be if they didn't fight. I fought, but I wanted to go home. They fought for our country. Bless you all,The P-Man
The US ambassador was not the "last american" evacuated from Vietnam. He was evacuated few hours before the last helicopter. The marines had direct order from president to arrest him if he refused being evacuated as he was not happy with the american withdrawal from Vietnam. The last americans evacuated were (understandably) the marines who kept order during the evacuation process and eventually barricaded themselves on the roof of the embassy waiting for the last helicopter. As they were being taken away, they could see NVA tanks and trucks entering the city.
@@billygiles3276 True! Looking for weapons of mass destruction that did not exist. US invades every country and leaves every country a crippled mess. We all know 911 was an inside job so that they can invade Iraq, Afgan and Syria
I admire the bravery of those who fought in the war on ALL sides. These South Viet troops still fighting knowing that the war is lost, thats really brave. A very sad war, may all those who died on ALL sides rest peacefully.
I lived in Ho Chi Minh City as a teacher on a couple of occasions, and the spirit of optimism and the unbelievable growth and development throughout Viet Nam never ceased to astonish me. All this could have happened decades earlier, if the Paris treaty had been adhered to and not betrayed, i.e. if the North had been allowed to win in 1954. All the USA and its sub-nations did was draw out the struggle far longer than it should have.
Yes but you forget to mention the fact that even when the Commies took over in 1975 that for eleven years they endured economic hardship and despair as a result of their absolute shit ideology. It wasn't until they did economic reformations in 1986 and opened up foreign investment and private business ownership that they began to prosper. Hmmm, sounds a lot like capitalism.....fucking Commie clowns...
@@DungNguyen-jf4in stupid south gorvernment try to save their money instead of their people.When they lost, they yelled " the people still have trust on the republic of vietnam gorvernment"
"Epic coverage" is the phrase that comes to mind. I love the way Gall talks, valiant with his back turned toward the NVA tanks, and I've watched this many, many times, for it seems to me that (besides getting it just right) this kind of journalistic coverage itself with its "fit-to-print" rhetoric is something lost with people like Sandy Gall or the great Alistair Cooke. There is fantastic journalism out there today, mind you, but this quality of being leaned men abroad is something lost in a globalised world. BTW, I recommend reading Gall on Afghanistan, he writes just the way he talks: very astute, relentless, and yet empathetic.
Georg Guillemin There is a woman journalist who covered the recent Iraq - Syria violence and was recently in the Ukraine. CBS sends her to all t he hot spots, and she is an amazing reporter. Now reporters are at risk for attack, sexual assault and imprisonment. I don't think that happened in Viet Nam.
You're absolutely right, Dusty. I was only talking about the high-brow rhetoric, which seems quaint now, because it sounds if these gentlemen reporters had just briefly left the drawing room to report on the calamities among the heathens, never really fearing for their lives even when in harm's way. Maybe I'm reading to much into it.
i love Vietnam .......♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ We have history , heros ..... Tôi yêu Việt Nam ...♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Chúng ta có một lịch sử hào hùng mà ko có bất kì nước nào trên thế giớ có được ....
The end of French colonialism and American Imperialism in S E Asia . The start of the reunited. independent nation of Vietnam --The Socialist Republic of Vietnam . What a people !
What tf u talking about. Yeah Vietnam is an independent nation but look how fucked they are as a nation. Communism ruined Vietnam. No wonder why they are still a 3rd world country. Stfu u ignorant piece of shit. You don’t know anything about this war. Please educate yourself
As a RoK citizen, this is pretty frightening... Even though we do have unbreakable military superiority over DPRK, the horror of national collapse by communist force is dreadful.
As the US withdrew their troops from South-Vietnam along with economical support, North-Vietnam was strengthened through recieving increased support in the form of: weapons, ammunition, tanks, artillery, etc. Nixon forced South-Vietnam to sign the peace treaty so he could withdraw all forces from South-Vietnam for a "good" reason; because it was "peace" and thus no need for american support, he new the treaty would not be honored by the NLF but he needed an excuse to withdraw all forces.
Thanks, lần đầu tiên xem clip này. Không có cảnh đổ máu, hỗn loạn. Nếu ông già mình không bị thương năm 72 thì có lẽ ông cụ đã đặt chân ở Sài Gòn 30/4 năm 75 rồi.
I think the comment that goes with the image of the soldier with the kid on his lab: " not a shot was fired not a drop of blood etc... " is a huge lesson of humanity for an unfortunately blind and deaf america.
Long Vu And how many Chinese and Russian troops, weapons, and money in the North? You act as if the North did it all with bamboo sticks and no backing from major nations.
Osley Sallent first, no soviets and chinese allow to go South. Second they do not decide the war and political movement like what US do to thier puppet government in SVN. Even in the end of war when US shake hand with China (ironic they said they fight to prevent the communist then they support huge communist country in the end) China tries to divide VN but VNese leaders said no. Because VNese leaders is independent mind so China support Cambodia and invade VN in 1979. 3rd Most of VNese support HCM and want to be united and independent, because of that they can win that war even they don't have so much aid like SVN got.
Well, you're right , China and Soviet's support was very important. Everyone known that but without determination, tenacity, brilliant leadership, resourcefulness, solidarity of our people, support of people around the world, there would be no 30-4-1975. A success is a combination of many factors, not just one. Moreover, China had its own reasons for supporting Vietnam, like Korean War. Also, China was responsible for a divided Vietnam after 1954 as they didn't want Vietnam to be totally unified
You know allot man, thanks for the info, I never had any idea the Missile Crisis and Vietnam were linked, other then the espionage committed by both superpowers. What do you think would have happened if the Soviets hadn't shifted their nukes from Cuba?
4:07 I might be interested in looking for those choppers since they might make great dive sites. Still rest in peace to all American, Australian, North and South Vietnamese troops who fought a pointless war that led to the deaths of millions of civilians and troops.
I was 9 years old. I don't remember this news footage. I do remember the era-first memory was of hearing Country Joe and the Fish "Feel like I'm fixing to Die Rag". My dad served in the Philippines when our presence here was still in the late advising/early build up stage. One paternal Uncle (Gunboat Navy), and one Maternal Uncle (Airborne, Army) both served in Vietnam.
Every thing began when the French colonized Vietnam in 1858, all the way to the last day Vietnam withdrew its troops in Cambodia (1989). It's more than 100 years and it had fight France, Japan, America (also there were some Koreans came from S.Korea joined the Vietnam war), its own people (different ideology), China and Khmer under Pol Pot.
confederates committed treason against america and fought a war for slavery, yet scores of confederate monuments were put up and even american bases were named after confederate generals who killed american soldiers
My American stepfather who served in the air force in Vietnam, my father who served in philcag v, my history teacher, and lots of books in the library, and Google.
When my uncle came back from work in Saigon one day, the South Vietnamese army had burnt down his farm, and raped his wife, "Aiding the Vietminh", is what they excused their actions for, even though he had promised his son to stay neutral in the conflict, it was a pack of lies. Then the Vietminh showed up a week later asking for his help, what do you think he did? he armed up and joined them, let his family flee here to the UK. He said joining the VC was the best decision of his life.
@@kokonut743 you support the dictatorship? Dude South Vietnam was never democratic, it was a brutal dictatorship that somehow more evil than North Vietnam
If the war can simply be explained away by concepts like "self-hating" or "weaknesses," we have lost our history, our responsibility to use the past to learn from its mistakes and to help create a better world. The distance between My Lai and Abu Ghraib, as we have seen, is not as great as it might seem.
Hi, You have some great footage! I am creating a documentary on my parents journey coming to America following the fall of Saigon and wanted to use some of your footage in my film. Please let me know if you have some time to char. I would greatly appreciate it! Best, Vincent
This is still heartbreaking to watch. RVN was totally betrayed by American politicians. American and ARVN/TQLC forces were fighting with their hands tied, yet prevailed repeatedly on the battlefield. Not sure whether it was a war the U.S. needed to get involved in, but once they were involved, their government never really gave them a chance to ultimately defeat the Commies. Disgraceful.
3:29 the climax of the musical MISS SAIGON, when Chris and the remaining GIs join the ambassador on the last helicopter on the roof of the embassy, inadvertently leaving behind his Vietnamese girlfriend, who'd been one of the thousands locked outside the embassy walls. Such a great but sad moment in theater. I remember how awestruck I was the first time I saw the helicopter come down from the rafters onto the stage.This clip is giving me chills, too, because it's the real deal.
I'm doing a research paper on the Tet Offensive. One of my points to cover is the aftermath. I would like to include something about the fall of Saigon. Does anybody know where this video came from so I can use it as a source?
was so nice to see vietnam united after a 30 year struggle, they had suffered french colonialism and then american colonialism. it was nice to see a peaceful surrender and they could finally build their country in peace without any meddling from any one else they have even stood up to powerful neighbors like china.
Not yet, we still finished Khmer Rouge and had war with China, short yet bloody, got border cities destroyed, US economy sanction, the fall of Ussr our only business partner, bad collective economy policy, Vietnam in the late 80s was once the poorest country, no.1, not just among 😅
Cadel Fowl Yeah & the really sad part is that "uncle Ho" asked the US to "liberate" them from colonialism & said the US could use Cam Rahn Bay as a US base! But he was turned down & the rest is history. Even tho many Vietnamese were nationalists rather than communists. Sad but true.
***** Hope you are not talking to me mate, as my dad is an Aussie Vietnam Vet! Also the US did not keep it's promise to the South Vietnamese govt ie If they invade we will bomb them again & they even stopped supplying them with ammo! The ARVN was down to a days ammo having to last a week! How the fuck could they fight like that? If you are a Vet, well thank you for your service. I have nothing but respect for anybody who has served their country!
Vietnam = Good IQ = Good Stradegy = Good Troops = Good Power = Good Citizens = Good Soldiers = Good Army Lieutenant = Good Army General = Good President = Good Government = Good Vietcong = Take Over Saigon = North + South = Vietnam
The South Vietnamese troops actually fought valiantly, one of General named Lee Min Dao was one of the South Vietnamese Generals feared by the NVA. That's why South Vietnam hold on for another 2 years before it's downfall. The now disintegrated Afgan National Army on the other hand, their performances were very lackluster, Taliban took most of Afganistan within 45 days.
Liberation? Saddest day in history for the Vietnamese people....for the true Vietnamese people that have not been indoctrinated by their communist government! So many lives destroyed and lost.
@@mirandagarrix4260 Keep crying, even if commusist didn't overthrown your pupet gorv, your gorv would still collapsed itself by your uselessness in battle and your suppresion to your own people
@mas360 Actually I do understand in the sense that US involvement didn't just happen around the mid 60s. It was indeed a conflict that started over the course of years.
It only underlined the fact that Saigon regime was always too weak, too corrupted and whole system backed by US taxpayers money. It's better to left that rotten building collapse. The whole war was total American disaster and run by American cold war ideas. In long run Vietnam would have in any case choose mixed system - partly communist but mostly free market system just like Vietnam is now. The war was unnecessary and you can only blame Washington war hawks of it.
I'd REALLY beg to differ... Korea is actually not a puppet of the US and do conduct their own covert operations against the DPRK. I promise you.. the people in Korea and extremely nationalist to the South and saying such things would totally piss them off lol
***** The constitution and the court system is a copy-paste of the US's. Although puppet is a different ideology. Being dependent means that if the US decided a point in time to leave its partner SK. SK would get butt fucked. Puppet is a direct involvement in a government system, and it is not apparent in anyways in my comment that i have said so. Thus not pissing off an Korean. SK is lucky to have its back to the USA that it would involved if NK decided that they would be a prick.
On Vietnam Victory Day I offer this poem about the war "To Whom It May Concern" by Adrian Mitchell (1965): I was run over by the truth one day Ever since the accident I've walked this way So stick my legs in plaster Tell me lies about Vietnam Heard the alarm clock screaming with pain Couldn't find myself so I went back to sleep again So fill my ears with silver, stick my legs in plaster Tell Me lies about Vietnam Every time I shut my eyes all I see is flames I made a marble phone book, carved all their names So coat my eyes with butter, fill my ears with silver, stick my legs in plaster Tell me lies about Vietnam I smell something burning, hope its just my brains They're only dropping peppermints and daisy chains So stuff my nose with garlic, coat my eyes with butter, fill my ears with silver, stick my legs in plaster Tell me lies about Vietnam Where were you at the time of the crime? Down by the cenotaph, drinking slime So chain my tongue with whisky, stuff my nose with garlic, coat my eyes with butter, fill my ears with silver, stick my legs in plaster Tell me lies about Vietnam You put your bombers in, you put your conscience out You take the human being and you twist it all about So scrub my skin with women, chain my tongue with whisky, stuff my nose with garlic, coat my eyes with butter, fill my ears with silver, stick my legs in plaster... TELL ME LIES ABOUT VIETNAM
That guy who was running over the bridge when both sides where fighting died last month. Takes a lot of balls to report like that. RIP Michael Nicholson.
Sandy was my Hero.
@Tj Agreed
@@MrFight6666 you just commented on your own shit your schizo
@@carmonaangel84 I replied to a comment that was deleted lol. What the hell is wrong with you?
@@carmonaangel84 What, is that like a golden rule? Don't comment on your own shit?
45 years later, it’s Kabul's time, funny how history kinda repeats itself...
I was watching this because of Kabul as well.
De Javu ! Vietnam V 2.0 Falls Soviets after leaving and after USA leaving too !
And humans just don't learn
They weren't worth fighting for anyway. 20 years there and they still couldn't govern or run their own country. The US left it up the Afghan government to be able to run Afghanistan. And they promptly shit the bed and failed miserably.
us moved away willingly from Kabus
Vietnam forced them
Going to see a lot of images like this in Kabul soon
Yes Taliban are taking all
Yep, then the warlords will fight the Taliban once the government falls apart. What a mess.
How right you were
Damn It's happening
@Sebres Ludolf Yep. But I've heard of splits in the party between the hard-liners from the '90s and the new generation of Taliban...
I'm still only in Saigon, every time I think I'm gonna wake up ...
I don’t know why but as soon as he said the ambassador was the last American to leave I got chills all up and down my body. That was intense!
The ambassador was not the last. Eleven Marines who were picked up on the rooftop of the embassy were the last. See "We were the last eleven" video here on YT.
"Not a shot was fired that day."
Tells you the pointlessness of a 30 years war.
Would've been much shorter had certain foreign powers minded their own business.
It was literally a civil war
@@jaydenchan525 Which would've ended much earlier had the Americans not interfered
@@sooryan_1018 Americans only went for arms profits, people forget that most wars fought today where America is somewhat involved is only for money.
Some people coincidentally "forget" what the communists did after taking the south. They became the imperialists they claimed to fight against
One way to survive the bridge attack
Become the cameraman.i mean really he just cassually walk when the soldier are running
greeting from syria to north vietnam and for vietnames
Love syria hope your country the peaceful
Thank you !
USA should've never backed the French. They should've helped Vietnam to gain independence from the French and unite both the North and the South
Rich Brook I totally agree with your notion. If the U.S. helped Vietnam gain their independence and make them an ally, it would benefit the U.S. exponentially in Southeast Asia against a growing China. Now look at how hostile China has become; they are claiming all of the China seas and stealing land that doesn't belong to them. Sooner or later when they become the number one economy, they will quadruple it of the U.S. with the the size of their population.
Ho Chi Minh 's intention was to free VNese people and remain neutral in the conflict between U.S and USSR ... He travelled around the world to pledge for the U.S to help Vietnam gain independence , like U.S did in 1776 when they asked France to liberate them from Britain .
khai do I agree! :D even that I'm still young but all of the footage are very heartwarming and mean full to us Vietnamese
***** Yes, they hijacked a genuine independence movement & turned it into a communist movement! khai do is 100% correct Ho Chi Minh even offered the US the use of Cam Rhan Bay if they kicked the French out, but sadly the US said no & the rest is history! PS The Vietnamese have a long history of being proudly independent, they used communism to gain freedom, but things could have been so different if the US had said yes to their offer!
Ethan Manigbas You forget to mention it all started with Mao kicking Chiang Kai-Shek out of China! The US govt couldn't believe that the side it backed got fucked over, & nobody was gonna loose another Asian country to the commies (Korea comes to mind)! You're correct about the "Domino Theory" & also about the poor bastards in Vietnam.
Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom, unity
Yes. Freedom for all vietnamese :))
You guys should have just held a referendum
@@lepetitchat123 That was the plan, but the South Vietnamese government blocked it because they knew the communists would win the elections. That's an important reason why the war started in the first place.
Кто здесь после падения Кабула?
You think this a joke? I was their. I lived because of one man, a real soldier. Sgt. Jerry Tramel he fought 3 times in Vietnam and spent months in a POW camp. I know because he got me out. This is a soldier. The Army made him a real fighting machine. He would fight while everyone else was sleeping. "A Machine."I think about men like him and what this country would be if they didn't fight. I fought, but I wanted to go home. They fought for our country. Bless you all,The P-Man
The US ambassador was not the "last american" evacuated from Vietnam. He was evacuated few hours before the last helicopter. The marines had direct order from president to arrest him if he refused being evacuated as he was not happy with the american withdrawal from Vietnam. The last americans evacuated were (understandably) the marines who kept order during the evacuation process and eventually barricaded themselves on the roof of the embassy waiting for the last helicopter. As they were being taken away, they could see NVA tanks and trucks entering the city.
Ya right but this report was on the ground at the time
Шикарное видео!))) Вьетнамцы красавцы! Дни Великой победы!
You sound like a Stalin loving commie. Be glad that the USSR has gone.
@@tedmccarron stay mad.
@@phandanglam9923 hài vcl:)))
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Tôi cũng đẹp nhé 😁
Cabul 2021 like Saigon 1975
The difference is Taliban come to kabul peacefully while north vietnamese not 💥🙈
@@user-ov9zm5zj4v The Liberation Army of South Vietnam marched in Saigon peacefully as well.
5:40 sends chills down my spine. It reminds me of the marines toppling the statue of Saddam Husain in 2003. The irony is astounding.
And what business did them marines have in Iraq? None whatsoever.
@@billygiles3276 True! Looking for weapons of mass destruction that did not exist. US invades every country and leaves every country a crippled mess. We all know 911 was an inside job so that they can invade Iraq, Afgan and Syria
@@mirandagarrix4260 the people in power hate the us and want to use the us to their advantage
The second one was rather less successful and less clear cut in the result.
@@AW-cb9fx Take your pill.
I admire the bravery of those who fought in the war on ALL sides. These South Viet troops still fighting knowing that the war is lost, thats really brave. A very sad war, may all those who died on ALL sides rest peacefully.
It's heartbreaking to watch those doomed ARVN troops fighting to the end to defend their freedom.
@@tedmccarron The ARVN have no freedom. They were a puppet army fought for foreign power.
I lived in Ho Chi Minh City as a teacher on a couple of occasions, and the spirit of optimism and the unbelievable growth and development throughout Viet Nam never ceased to astonish me. All this could have happened decades earlier, if the Paris treaty had been adhered to and not betrayed, i.e. if the North had been allowed to win in 1954. All the USA and its sub-nations did was draw out the struggle far longer than it should have.
Yes but you forget to mention the fact that even when the Commies took over in 1975 that for eleven years they endured economic hardship and despair as a result of their absolute shit ideology. It wasn't until they did economic reformations in 1986 and opened up foreign investment and private business ownership that they began to prosper. Hmmm, sounds a lot like capitalism.....fucking Commie clowns...
You are true, but that was the 1954 Geneva accords, not the Paris one :))
@@DungNguyen-jf4in stupid south gorvernment try to save their money instead of their people.When they lost, they yelled " the people still have trust on the republic of vietnam gorvernment"
"Epic coverage" is the phrase that comes to mind. I love the way Gall talks, valiant with his back turned toward the NVA tanks, and I've watched this many, many times, for it seems to me that (besides getting it just right) this kind of journalistic coverage itself with its "fit-to-print" rhetoric is something lost with people like Sandy Gall or the great Alistair Cooke. There is fantastic journalism out there today, mind you, but this quality of being leaned men abroad is something lost in a globalised world. BTW, I recommend reading Gall on Afghanistan, he writes just the way he talks: very astute, relentless, and yet empathetic.
Georg Guillemin There is a woman journalist who covered the recent Iraq - Syria violence and was recently in the Ukraine. CBS sends her to all t he hot spots, and she is an amazing reporter. Now reporters are at risk for attack, sexual assault and imprisonment. I don't think that happened in Viet Nam.
You're absolutely right, Dusty. I was only talking about the high-brow rhetoric, which seems quaint now, because it sounds if these gentlemen reporters had just briefly left the drawing room to report on the calamities among the heathens, never really fearing for their lives even when in harm's way. Maybe I'm reading to much into it.
Michael Nicholoson , just wanna say, brilliant reporting at a time like this . great job . it takes courage and guts . and also ur camera man .
i love Vietnam .......♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
We have history , heros .....
Tôi yêu Việt Nam ...♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Chúng ta có một lịch sử hào hùng mà ko có bất kì nước nào trên thế giớ có được ....
Oh yes.
Long live the True Republic of South Vietnam the flag with yellow and three red strips! ❤️
@@Yourdad.com456 F*ck the South Vietnam, they just a stupid puppet of America invasion.
Fall of Saigon : the American's Dunkirk
I respect the courage of this fellow jounalist who risked his life to take those valuable footages
Why courage the Vietcong don't even look at him💀
Vietnam, Iraq…..40 years and we haven't learned a thing. Still in love with the sound of our own voice.
UA-cam has a real sick sense of humor!
The end of French colonialism and American Imperialism in S E Asia . The start of the reunited. independent nation of Vietnam --The Socialist Republic of Vietnam . What a people !
Democratic? :)
What tf u talking about. Yeah Vietnam is an independent nation but look how fucked they are as a nation. Communism ruined Vietnam. No wonder why they are still a 3rd world country. Stfu u ignorant piece of shit. You don’t know anything about this war. Please educate yourself
@@LiLHo5 lol
That Sandy Gall has some brass balls. God speed to the dignity of the 4th estate.
Thank you for the observation. Regards.
Came here because Afghanistan
As a RoK citizen, this is pretty frightening...
Even though we do have unbreakable military superiority over DPRK, the horror of national collapse by communist force is dreadful.
vietnamese = heroic !
The Fall of Saigon is more like a liberation of Saigon, since there is no killing unlike the Fall of Phnom Penh where the exact opposite happen.
Good ending.
Yanki Go Home!
pretty amazing footage
As the US withdrew their troops from South-Vietnam along with economical support, North-Vietnam was strengthened through recieving increased support in the form of: weapons, ammunition, tanks, artillery, etc.
Nixon forced South-Vietnam to sign the peace treaty so he could withdraw all forces from South-Vietnam for a "good" reason; because it was "peace" and thus no need for american support, he new the treaty would not be honored by the NLF but he needed an excuse to withdraw all forces.
Thanks, lần đầu tiên xem clip này. Không có cảnh đổ máu, hỗn loạn. Nếu ông già mình không bị thương năm 72 thì có lẽ ông cụ đã đặt chân ở Sài Gòn 30/4 năm 75 rồi.
I think the comment that goes with the image of the soldier with the kid on his lab: " not a shot was fired not a drop of blood etc... " is a huge lesson of humanity for an unfortunately blind and deaf america.
Vietnam war is a civil war. Lose or win, reunion between the North and the South is a must.
Fuck that. I'd rather have had a South Korea-like South Vietnam than a reuinited socialist shit hole that eventuated.
Teh Vanarch Then you can go fuck yourself
+Le Dat No it's not a civil war when half of milion US GIs in South and hundrens thousand from another US ally.
Long Vu And how many Chinese and Russian troops, weapons, and money in the North? You act as if the North did it all with bamboo sticks and no backing from major nations.
Osley Sallent first, no soviets and chinese allow to go South. Second they do not decide the war and political movement like what US do to thier puppet government in SVN. Even in the end of war when US shake hand with China (ironic they said they fight to prevent the communist then they support huge communist country in the end) China tries to divide VN but VNese leaders said no. Because VNese leaders is independent mind so China support Cambodia and invade VN in 1979. 3rd Most of VNese support HCM and want to be united and independent, because of that they can win that war even they don't have so much aid like SVN got.
Well, you're right , China and Soviet's support was very important. Everyone known that but without determination, tenacity, brilliant leadership, resourcefulness, solidarity of our people, support of people around the world, there would be no 30-4-1975. A success is a combination of many factors, not just one. Moreover, China had its own reasons for supporting Vietnam, like Korean War. Also, China was responsible for a divided Vietnam after 1954 as they didn't want Vietnam to be totally unified
Yeah
You know allot man, thanks for the info, I never had any idea the Missile Crisis and Vietnam were linked, other then the espionage committed by both superpowers.
What do you think would have happened if the Soviets hadn't shifted their nukes from Cuba?
4:07 I might be interested in looking for those choppers since they might make great dive sites. Still rest in peace to all American, Australian, North and South Vietnamese troops who fought a pointless war that led to the deaths of millions of civilians and troops.
so the soviets..?
I can only guess, but since these helicopters were fine when they were pushed overboard, they were probably slavaged later
@@mackavelly but at least, they win. Even after they collapsed, Vietnam is still communist
@@SteveSmith-wm4qy Not out of salt water.
I was 9 years old. I don't remember this news footage. I do remember the era-first memory was of hearing Country Joe and the Fish "Feel like I'm fixing to Die Rag". My dad served in the Philippines when our presence here was still in the late advising/early build up stage. One paternal Uncle (Gunboat Navy), and one Maternal Uncle (Airborne, Army) both served in Vietnam.
Every thing began when the French colonized Vietnam in 1858, all the way to the last day Vietnam withdrew its troops in Cambodia (1989). It's more than 100 years and it had fight France, Japan, America (also there were some Koreans came from S.Korea joined the Vietnam war), its own people (different ideology), China and Khmer under Pol Pot.
Does anyone know where I can find like where this video came from
Sandy!,wat a journalist!our finest!.
2:39 Great image in contrast to the Berlin Wall
@5:59 , how odd that they tore down a monument honouring the losing side. What, they want to erase history ?!?! /s
There is nothing bad in destroying monuments praising the capitalist war machine.
This the monument of their enemy . Of course they are going to destroy it ??
@@AlexanderUnit-731 "capitalist war machine" as opposed to the communist war machine that benefited from it too. But people seem to forget that.
@@faenorblack6943 Aggresive capitalist war machine already exists for 450 years. So the Communism is the one who fights it since 1900s.
confederates committed treason against america and fought a war for slavery, yet scores of confederate monuments were put up and even american bases were named after confederate generals who killed american soldiers
today 40 years ago..
@LisaRoseHeart Thank you for your comment. I am sorry we deserted your country.
Kabul soon!
We are waiting for it ;-)
@@pineapplesareyummy6352 No smiley.
Fall of Kabul soon
nice nice pics!!!
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Now we are seen this in kabul
Us governement be like: 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
Vietnam today is an independent nation, I love Vietnam and Vietnam all year
I do not recognize that disgusting country! Long love the TRUE republic of South Vietnam! My name is MyHanh Nguyen!
37 years ago today - 30 April 1975.
what is the source of this video?
5:31 that's Mr. Chow :D
Hold on, Comrade!
My American stepfather who served in the air force in Vietnam, my father who served in philcag v, my history teacher, and lots of books in the library, and Google.
who filmed this?
When my uncle came back from work in Saigon one day, the South Vietnamese army had burnt down his farm, and raped his wife, "Aiding the Vietminh", is what they excused their actions for, even though he had promised his son to stay neutral in the conflict, it was a pack of lies. Then the Vietminh showed up a week later asking for his help, what do you think he did? he armed up and joined them, let his family flee here to the UK. He said joining the VC was the best decision of his life.
ok, proof? or just plain pro-commies movement here?
@@kokonut743 do you want footage of the rape??? Wtf dude
@@kokonut743 you support the dictatorship? Dude South Vietnam was never democratic, it was a brutal dictatorship that somehow more evil than North Vietnam
Gooooood morning vietnam!✌
anyone know of any videos or online sites that speak to Saigon after the fall...say 1975-1995
If the war can simply be explained away by concepts like "self-hating" or "weaknesses," we have lost our history, our responsibility to use the past to learn from its mistakes and to help create a better world. The distance between My Lai and Abu Ghraib, as we have seen, is not as great as it might seem.
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Hi,
You have some great footage! I am creating a documentary on my parents journey coming to America following the fall of Saigon and wanted to use some of your footage in my film.
Please let me know if you have some time to char. I would greatly appreciate it!
Best,
Vincent
We turned out back on so many!
wow thanks bro. i m a first generation born vietnamese american. an i commend you for knowing the real truth.
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Next ep. Falls of Kabul 2021
This is still heartbreaking to watch. RVN was totally betrayed by American politicians. American and ARVN/TQLC forces were fighting with their hands tied, yet prevailed repeatedly on the battlefield.
Not sure whether it was a war the U.S. needed to get involved in, but once they were involved, their government never really gave them a chance to ultimately defeat the Commies.
Disgraceful.
the last scene is such a symbol for the war......
¡¡ VIVA EL PUEBLO DE VIETNAM !!
Americas Dunkirk
+tom jackson worse, much worse.
tom jackson bad... you are stupid scumbag
Cong hoa xa hoi chu nghia Viet Nam muon nam!
đau thương Saigon
3:29 the climax of the musical MISS SAIGON, when Chris and the remaining GIs join the ambassador on the last helicopter on the roof of the embassy, inadvertently leaving behind his Vietnamese girlfriend, who'd been one of the thousands locked outside the embassy walls. Such a great but sad moment in theater. I remember how awestruck I was the first time I saw the helicopter come down from the rafters onto the stage.This clip is giving me chills, too, because it's the real deal.
Glorious defeat of the eveil empire. Rest in peace all those vietnamese who died at the hands of eveil
I'm doing a research paper on the Tet Offensive. One of my points to cover is the aftermath. I would like to include something about the fall of Saigon. Does anybody know where this video came from so I can use it as a source?
what is that statue that gets pulled down?
was so nice to see vietnam united after a 30 year struggle, they had suffered french colonialism and then american colonialism. it was nice to see a peaceful surrender and they could finally build their country in peace without any meddling from any one else they have even stood up to powerful neighbors like china.
Not yet, we still finished Khmer Rouge and had war with China, short yet bloody, got border cities destroyed, US economy sanction, the fall of Ussr our only business partner, bad collective economy policy, Vietnam in the late 80s was once the poorest country, no.1, not just among 😅
Ya forgot to mention the murdered by the new regime mush
It was a 20 year
Vietnam: A war of the imperialistic fought by the poor, funded by the rich, and supplied by the overworked
Such a waste of human life is terrible no matter the outcome perhaps the worst affected were Veterans and the families of the fallen.
Nice Quote
well said
Cadel Fowl Yeah & the really sad part is that "uncle Ho" asked the US to "liberate" them from colonialism & said the US could use Cam Rahn Bay as a US base! But he was turned down & the rest is history. Even tho many Vietnamese were nationalists rather than communists. Sad but true.
***** Hope you are not talking to me mate, as my dad is an Aussie Vietnam Vet! Also the US did not keep it's promise to the South Vietnamese govt ie If they invade we will bomb them again & they even stopped supplying them with ammo! The ARVN was down to a days ammo having to last a week! How the fuck could they fight like that? If you are a Vet, well thank you for your service. I have nothing but respect for anybody who has served their country!
@DrunkOnScotsWhisky
No confusion on my part. The fact is, the attacks did take place, and our reaction was in response to the attack.
Vietnam = Good IQ = Good Stradegy = Good Troops = Good Power = Good Citizens = Good Soldiers = Good Army Lieutenant = Good Army General = Good President = Good Government = Good Vietcong = Take Over Saigon = North + South = Vietnam
Đảng đĩ cướp bóc, lũ cướp thì bấp chấp mọi thứ rồi
I love this moment , but where is he ? Rambo u know :v
Would later fight in another ultimately pointless war that would ruin a region for decades.
Proud of Vietnam
fuck communism
Nguyen Thanh Luan Shame
So many Vietnamese people suffered and died as a result of the communist government. How can you be proud?
@@mirandagarrix4260 any proof ?
A perfect May Day
mad respect for the reporters!
The South Vietnamese troops actually fought valiantly, one of General named Lee Min Dao was one of the South Vietnamese Generals feared by the NVA. That's why South Vietnam hold on for another 2 years before it's downfall.
The now disintegrated Afgan National Army on the other hand, their performances were very lackluster, Taliban took most of Afganistan within 45 days.
The South Vietnamese had a way more powerful army than the North but still lost
@@tonyjoka2346 They lack proper logistics
Its so inferiating when people praised a dictatorship who was responsible for its own death
@@ReviveHF they didn't have good general
long live ho chi minh!! long live revolution!!
Whats that armored car they've got with them?
Tôi yêu Việt Nam của tôi ❤
If JFK wasn't assassinated, we would have never been in this mess in Vietnam.
He sent 'Advisiors'. Then he died. Rest is history
Wats this WE?,kimo sabe?.
The liberation of Saigon
Cóndor if it was a liberation, then why did many people tried to flee from communism?
@@electrowolf6260 well I think there are too much democracy in My Lai villager that all civilians in there died in the happiness that US brought.
Liberation? Saddest day in history for the Vietnamese people....for the true Vietnamese people that have not been indoctrinated by their communist government! So many lives destroyed and lost.
@@mirandagarrix4260 Keep crying, even if commusist didn't overthrown your pupet gorv, your gorv would still collapsed itself by your uselessness in battle and your suppresion to your own people
just wondering how much of the fighting was in nam and how much was in cambodia
@mas360 Actually I do understand in the sense that US involvement didn't just happen around the mid 60s. It was indeed a conflict that started over the course of years.
It only underlined the fact that Saigon regime was always too weak, too corrupted and whole system backed by US taxpayers money. It's better to left that rotten building collapse. The whole war was total American disaster and run by American cold war ideas. In long run Vietnam would have in any case choose mixed system - partly communist but mostly free market system just like Vietnam is now. The war was unnecessary and you can only blame Washington war hawks of it.
jai rul said one who claim those lands from farmers to be called a country followed blindly by their USA masters
Umm. yeah. And South Korea did not struggle from the same problems as South VietNam? Yet look at them today... what do yah know.. thriving economy..
***** Not really, having bases around them and suffer from heavy economics dependents are great stuffs, now korean cant do shit without the USA say so
I'd REALLY beg to differ... Korea is actually not a puppet of the US and do conduct their own covert operations against the DPRK. I promise you.. the people in Korea and extremely nationalist to the South and saying such things would totally piss them off lol
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The constitution and the court system is a copy-paste of the US's. Although puppet is a different ideology. Being dependent means that if the US decided a point in time to leave its partner SK. SK would get butt fucked.
Puppet is a direct involvement in a government system, and it is not apparent in anyways in my comment that i have said so. Thus not pissing off an Korean.
SK is lucky to have its back to the USA that it would involved if NK decided that they would be a prick.
On Vietnam Victory Day I offer this poem about the war
"To Whom It May Concern" by Adrian Mitchell (1965):
I was run over by the truth one day
Ever since the accident I've walked this way
So stick my legs in plaster
Tell me lies about Vietnam
Heard the alarm clock screaming with pain
Couldn't find myself so I went back to sleep again
So fill my ears with silver, stick my legs in plaster
Tell Me lies about Vietnam
Every time I shut my eyes all I see is flames
I made a marble phone book, carved all their names
So coat my eyes with butter, fill my ears with silver, stick my legs in plaster
Tell me lies about Vietnam
I smell something burning, hope its just my brains
They're only dropping peppermints and daisy chains
So stuff my nose with garlic, coat my eyes with butter, fill my ears with silver, stick my legs in plaster
Tell me lies about Vietnam
Where were you at the time of the crime?
Down by the cenotaph, drinking slime
So chain my tongue with whisky, stuff my nose with garlic, coat my eyes
with butter, fill my ears with silver, stick my legs in plaster
Tell me lies about Vietnam
You put your bombers in, you put your conscience out
You take the human being and you twist it all about
So scrub my skin with women, chain my tongue with whisky, stuff my nose
with garlic, coat my eyes with butter, fill my ears with silver, stick
my legs in plaster...
TELL ME LIES ABOUT VIETNAM
what was that statue that was pulled down on the last scene?
It was the statue of South Vietnamese Marine, it sat in front of South Vietnam Parliament
Tran Huynh Gia Bao Just as bad as eachother
How come?