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Capture of Hue

Vietnam · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1968–1975Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1968

Ho Chi-Minh1968

Hue · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd

The Vietcong capture Hue & massacre many with "blood-debt-lists"

Xuan Lam Hoang1968

Hue · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd

Leads the South Vietnemese capture of Hue during the Tet Offensive

1975

Nguyen van Thieu22 March 1975

Hue · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd

Hue falls to the Communists

Names involved

Ho Chi-MinhNguyen van ThieuXuan Lam Hoang

Provenance

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