MAPS OF HISTORY · REFUGEE CRISES · BATTLES AND EVENTS · Fall of SaigonRefugee crises · TURNING POINT · 1975
Fall of Saigon (1975)
On the Refugee crises map as “The fall of Saigon”
29–30 Apr 1975 — As North Vietnamese forces close in on Saigon, American helicopters carry about 7,000 people to ships offshore, some from the embassy roof. Perhaps 130,000 Vietnamese leave by air and sea in the final weeks. Millions of others tied to the old regime remain behind.
When 29–30 Apr 1975 Type Turning point Chapter Fall of Saigon and the 1975 exodus (chapter 7 of Refugee crises)Atlas Uprooted: Refugees in Europe 1945–1960 and Indochina 1975–1990 Also in Cold War TURNING POINT · UPROOTED: REFUGEES IN EUROPE 1945–1960 AND INDOCHINA 1975–1990 These maps are reconstructed from published sources · US Department of State: Indochina refugee crisis1979 · UNHCR: flight from Indochina · Natural Earth v5.1.2 country geography
Source details US Department of State: Indochina refugee crisis1979. Historical facts cited; no source artwork or text reproduced UNHCR: flight from Indochina. Historical facts cited; no source artwork or text reproduced Natural Earth contributors. Public domain · Full source components and holes retained; documented historical unions and repairs. Territories and displacement hatching are reconstructed from published source geometry. The hatched areas locate historical regions; ethnicity, displacement and control were not necessarily uniform at every point within them.
The layer records give the full source geometry and date choices. Arrows remain schematic routes, using the lesson’s existing volume categories.
The 1954 Vietnam line uses the nearest published regroupment polygons, from 1956. The Thai-Cambodian overlay is a 12 km study corridor around the actual boundary; markers identify individual camps separately.
Chapter narrative date: 1975.93; each selected source records its own reference interval.
proxy: Natural Earth v5.1.2 geographic reference
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