Fall of Saigon: Apocalypse Now (TRIH ep 325, part 2)
1975 · Resource
This episode of The Rest Is History (hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook) recounts the chaotic final days of Saigon in April 1975 and examines the immediate and long-term consequences for Vietnam and the United States. Using contemporary eyewitness accounts (notably a Chicago Daily News correspondent) the hosts vividly describe the U.S.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1975
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- The Troubles (1968)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Prague Spring (1968)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
- Birth of hip-hop (1973)