The fall of Saigon began in a battle in Banmethuot on March-11, the Southern anchor of Saigon’s defense in the central highlands. Facing the prospect of an imminent shut-down of US military aid, President Nguyen-Van-Thieu of South Vietnam, gave orders to abandon Banmethuot. All South Vietnamese forces would withdraw to coastal cities, using an abandoned logging road which had no bridges and no ferries.
That was the worse military strategy of a long war, and would caused a military and political chain reaction that would triggered waves of panic across South Vietnam.
The South Vietnamese forces finally withdrew to Saigon, but took heavy losses and could not hold the line.
Within weeks, big cities of Vietnam were captured one by one by the communist.
That was the worse military strategy of a long war, and would caused a military and political chain reaction that would triggered waves of panic across South Vietnam.
The South Vietnamese forces finally withdrew to Saigon, but took heavy losses and could not hold the line.
Within weeks, big cities of Vietnam were captured one by one by the communist.