1975 Spring Offensive

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The 1975 Spring Offensive was the final large-scale military campaign by North Vietnamese forces that rapidly led to the collapse of South Vietnam and the end of the Vietnam War.

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instanceOf campaign of the Vietnam War
military offensive
alsoKnownAs 1975 General Offensive
Ho Chi Minh Campaign
belligerent Army of the Republic of Vietnam
People's Army of Vietnam
characterizedBy collapse of ARVN defensive lines
rapid territorial gains by North Vietnamese forces
commander Trần Văn Trà
Văn Tiến Dũng
conflict Vietnam War
countryInvolved North Vietnam
South Vietnam
dateOf Fall of Saigon on 1975-04-30
endDate 1975-04-30
followedBy Fall of Saigon
historicalPeriod 1970s in Vietnam
involvedWithdrawalOf United States military forces (already largely withdrawn)
keyEvent Battle of Ban Me Thuot
Ho Chi Minh Campaign (final assault on Saigon)
Hue–Da Nang Campaign
ledTo establishment of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
unification of Vietnam under communist rule
location Central Highlands
Da Nang
Hue
Saigon
South Vietnam
militaryStrategy conventional combined-arms offensive
objective capture of Saigon
rapid military defeat of South Vietnam
opposedBy Army of the Republic of Vietnam ground forces
South Vietnamese Air Force
opposingCommander Cao Văn Viên
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
partOf Vietnam War
precededBy 1972 Easter Offensive
linked to: Easter Offensive
relatedEvent Operation Frequent Wind
linked to: Fall of Saigon
result collapse of South Vietnam
decisive North Vietnamese victory
end of the Vietnam War
significance marked the de facto end of U.S. involvement in Vietnam
triggered mass evacuation of South Vietnamese and foreign nationals
startDate 1975-03-10
supportedBy Viet Cong forces in South Vietnam
timePeriod Cold War
treatyContext after Paris Peace Accords of 1973

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Trần Văn Trà roleIn 1975 Spring Offensive
Battle of Xuan Loc partOf 1975 Spring Offensive
Dương Văn Minh participantIn 1975 Spring Offensive
Central Highlands, South Vietnam sawBattle 1975 Central Highlands campaign
linked to: 1975 Spring Offensive
Le Trong Tan notableWork Command of the 1975 Hue–Da Nang Campaign
subject linked to: General Le Trong Tan
linked to: 1975 Spring Offensive
Battle of Phuoc Long partOf 1975 Spring Offensive
Battle of Buôn Ma Thuột campaign Central Highlands Campaign of 1975
linked to: 1975 Spring Offensive
Bắc–Nam, ngày thống nhất mainSubject 1975 Spring Offensive