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US military helicopters sweep through an area in northern Vietnam. The first bombing in North Vietnam was the longest bombing campaign carried out by the US Air Force from World War II.
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A US soldier in a camp.
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People carr bab to shelter. It is estimated that the total number of Vietnamese people killed in the Vietnam War was 800,000 to 3.1 million people, Sputnik reported.
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American soldiers hiding under a trench. The Vietnam War was the longest war in US history. The number of people injured in the war ranked fourth, after the American Civil War, World War II and World War I.
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Legendary musician John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono. John Lennon wrote the song Give Peace a Chance to oppose the war. In October 1969, Lennon sang it before 500,000 people who protested the war launched by the United States.
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Innocent children were among the victims of war.
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Cruiser Canberra of the US military. America spent $352 billion on military operations in the war.
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US troops land.
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An officer of the US Marine Corps takes a Vietnamese woman to a rescue helicopter.
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The US suffered huge losses in this war, with nearly 60,000 soldiers killed and more than 300,000 wounded. In addition, the US Army lost 9,000 aircraft, helicopters and large numbers of other equipment.
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A war-protest demonstration in London on June 29, 1966. After launching the war, the US military faced criticism and protest demonstrations in many countries around the world.
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On January 15, 1973, US President Richard Nixon announced that the US military would stop military operations against North Vietnam. Under the Paris Agreement signed on January 17, 1973, the US agreed to withdraw its troops from South Vietnam and close military bases; the two sides would exchange prisoners. In April 1975, in the Ho Chi Minh Campaign, the Vietnam Army defeated the US Army and liberated the south.
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30/04/1975: Tanks of the liberation army enter the Independence Palace, marking the collapse of the Southern government.
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18/6/1965: US soldier with a hat with the handwriting “War is hell”.
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3/1965: US helicopter shot by heavy machine guns into a forest north of Tay Ninh Province.
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11/6/1963: Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc burned himself in protest against the repression of Buddhism.
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17/6/1966: US planes sprayed Agent Orange in southern VN. |
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12/9/1966: The fear of children when their families were gathered for investigation.
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5/10/1967: A female guerrilla escorts a US pilot after his plane was shot down near Hanoi.
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17/3/973: Robert L Stirm, a freed prisoner welcomed by his family at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California, when he returned from the Vietnam War.
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Two leading tanks – T59 No 390 and T54B No 843 – crashed through the Independence Palace’s main gate at noon of April 30 1975 (Photo: Francoise de Mulder/Corbis)
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The liberation troop entering the Independence Palace (Photo: Francoise de Mulder/Corbis)
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Vehicles carrying the liberation troop advancing toward Saigon on the total southern liberation and reunification day. (Photo: Jean-Claude Labbe/Gamma-Rapho)
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Liberation army at the Independence Palace (Photo: Jean-Claude Labbe/Gamma-Rapho)
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Those serving the former regime rallying at a corner of the Independence Palace’s yard (photo: Jean-Claude Labbe/Gamma-Rapho)
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Liberation soldiers advancing toward the Independence Palace (Photo: Jean-Claude Labbe/Gamma-Rapho)
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The Independence Palace from high view (Photo: Jean-Claude Labbe/Gamma-Rapho)
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Saigon people welcoming the liberation troops.
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A small-sized helicopter owned by the South Vietnam’s air force went down on Nguyen Hoang St on April 29 (Photo: Herve Gloaguen/Gamma-Rapho).
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Remaining items of American and South Vietnam soldiers on a street in the outskirt of Saigon (photo: Jacques Pavlovsky/Sygma/Corbis)
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Saigon people talking to liberation soldiers (photo: Jacques Teyssier)
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Saigon people welcoming the liberation troop (photo: Jacques Pavlovsky/Sygma/Corbis)
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Liberation army at the Independence Palace (Photo: Bettmann/Corbis)
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A residential area hung flags welcoming the liberation troop (photo: Herve Gloaguen/Gamma-Rapho)
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People were happy to accompany liberation troops (photo: Jean-Claude Labbe/Gamma-Rapho)
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Two liberation soldiers singing a song on a corridor of Majestic Hotel (photo: Bettmann/Corbis)
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Liberation soldiers’ elation on the reunification day (photo: Francoise de Mulder/Corbis)
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Liberation soldiers (photo: Jacques Pavlovsky/Sygma/Corbis)
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