In April of 1975, North Vietnamese soldiers manning Soviet tanks rolled into Saigon as the last Americans escaped by helicopter. In the book’s epilogue, Bowden writes, “the battle of Hue and ...
A week after the battle started, the Tet Offensive was launched. The offensive saw the NVA and the Viet Cong start brutal urban battles all across South Vietnam — most notably in Saigon and Hue.
France's prime minister has visited the site of the 1954 battle of Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam, which led to the end of French presence in Indochina. Édouard Philippe is the second French leader to ...