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After almost two decades of fighting and millions of lives lost, the Vietnam war came to an end in 1975. Hardly anyone believed that after 19 years of bitter fighting, the conflict would be resolved in just two months. In March 1975, the strength and superiority of the South Vietnamese forces gave the impression that the conflict was still far from over. Yet, on the last day of April the North Vietnamese flag was waving in Saigon.
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War in Afghanistan was the same as the war in Vietnam. Useless and expensive. I guess we don’t listen to history when there’s money and resources involved.
Lesson here:
1. Do not, DO NOT embezzle any American's money not even one coin. The communist regime after 1975 is far more brutal and corrupt than the South Vietnam government, but it still can live long. Why? Because it just take out vietnamese money not from American taxpayer.
2. If you can choose friend, do not choose US. Because they are very good at abandon their allies.
From a vietnamese young person, who is struggling under communist domination.
History doesn't repeat itself, we just never learn from it.
History rhymes a lot
The last soldiers killed in vietnam and afghanistan, were killed by a artillary attack as the capital fell. Creepy
fall of saigon caused a time change and now im in the usa without money and i should be in vietnam just doing vietnamese stuff (most of my ancestry was born in vietnam)
I can't wait to see Simple History's video on Biden's withdraw lol.
Hey it's not the end of the Vietnam war, they still have to fight with Cambodia. But can you make the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001?
I bet a lot of south vietnamese soldiers got executed too. Cell phone cameras didnt exist back then, so it wasnt recorded.
Again, the politicians who ruined everything.
It was alot like the fall of Kabul…
history repeats itself, again
FOUGHT BRAVELY?
YOU THINK THAT ALL OF THERE MURDER TO CIVILLIANS WAS GOOD?
WHAT THE HECK!
These corrupt politicians literally ruin anything
Greed of people with most money
I smell Afghanistan
And now we have "Vietnam war: the desert edition"
President Thieu said that I would fight to the end if the communists entered Saigon but he did not, he gave up his country, his people. It was the failure of a puppet government backed by the US
What cilvillain do :
Launch giant rice in to the us
What cilvillain do :
Launch giant rice in to the us
1:13 atleast they climbed into a rescue aircraft successfully unlike afganistan people..