End of the WarFighting between South Vietnamese and Communists continued despite the peace agreement until North Vietnam launched an offensive in early 1975. South Vietnam's requests for aid were denied by the U.S. Congress, and after Thieu abandoned the northern half of the country to the advancing Communists, a panic ensued. South Vietnamese resistance collapsed, and North Vietnamese troops marched into Saigon Apr. 30, 1975. Vietnam was formally reunified in July, 1976, and Saigon was renamed Ho Chi Minh City. U.S. casualties in Vietnam during the era of direct U.S. involvement (1961–72) were more than 50,000 dead; South Vietnamese dead were estimated at more than 400,000, and Viet Cong and North Vietnamese at over 900,000.
End of the War
Fighting between South Vietnamese and Communists continued despite the peace agreement until North Vietnam launched an offensive in early 1975. South Vietnam's requests for aid were denied by the U.S. Congress, and after Thieu abandoned the northern half of the country to the advancing Communists, a panic ensued. South Vietnamese resistance collapsed, and North Vietnamese troops marched into Saigon Apr. 30, 1975. Vietnam was formally reunified in July, 1976, and Saigon was renamed Ho Chi Minh City. U.S. casualties in Vietnam during the era of direct U.S. involvement (1961–72) were more than 50,000 dead; South Vietnamese dead were estimated at more than 400,000, and Viet Cong and North Vietnamese at over 900,000.
Vietnam Casualties & Vietnam War Statistics
- 2 million Vietnamese were killed,
- 3 million wounded
- hundreds of thousands of children orphaned.
- 12 million people became refugees.
- 1,218,000 were resettled in more than 16 countries
- 500,000 people tried to flee by sea. It has been estimated that 10 to 15 per cent of these people died, and those who survived faced extreme hardships and eventually immigration barriers.
US Casualties & Vietnam War Statistics
- 57,685 killed
- 153,303 wounded
- 587 US military and civilian prisoners of war, all of whom were subsequently released.
- 2,500 unaccounted
