Many news agencies pushed the narrative that South Vietnam collapsed almost immediately and without fighting back, during its defeat. This is in contrast to the ample amounts of evidence that has come out during 1975, or since then, that proves the opposite.

Battles such as Thuong Duc, Ban Me Thuot, and Xuan Loc, as well as the entirety of the Easter Offensive, proves that South Vietnam was truly an independent entity. Each of these battles involve tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of South Vietnamese soldiers. South Vietnam existed, and fought as hard as it could hard; it was the removal of American support that doomed the country.

The journalists at the Associated Press also pushed this narrative, but demonstrated that they do not know their military equipment (much less military operations, logistics, or anything of the sort). This is just one of the severe mistakes that created this narrative in the first place. Watch the video for the full breakdown.

~ SOURCES:

Veith, George. Black April: The Fall of South Vietnam, 1973, 1975. New York: Encounter Books, 2012.

Le Gro, William E. From Cease-Fire to Capitulation. Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of
Military History, 1981.
https://history.army.mil/html/books/090/90-29/index.html

Cao Van Vien. The Final Collapse. Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of
Military History, 1985.
https://history.army.mil/html/books/090/90-26/index.html

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