カテゴリー: Vietnam war
1 May 1975: The South Vietnamese government unconditionally surrenders to communist forcesThe 30 years old Vietnam war is over. The Saigon government today unconditionally surrendered to communist forces, ordering its soldiers to hand over their weapon…
Xuan Phuong, a war correspondent who is now 96, recalls her entry into the city after South Vietnam’s surrender The day that Saigon fell, Xuan Phuong, a war correspondent, could only hear shouting and commotion. It was 30 April 1975, and helicopters we…
On the anniversary of Liberation Day, members of Australia’s Vietnamese community look back at the sacrifices made in pursuit of ‘a good life’“It’s like the world collapsed,” says Thi Xa Nguyen, looking back 50 years to the fall of Saigon.She was livin…
Lieutenant Calley was the only person convicted over the largest killing of civilians by US army in the 20th centuryWilliam Laws Calley Jr, the only person convicted over the notorious My Lai massacre by US soldiers during the Vietnam war, has died at …
War photographer who served as a fearless witness to the escalation of hostilities in Vietnam in the 1960sTim Page, who has died of cancer aged 78, earned a reputation during the Vietnam war as a fearless gonzo combat photographer who would venture whe…
We should never take free speech for granted, especially if it concerns art, writes John FinlayI read with interest your editorial (The Guardian view on China’s censors: the sense of an (acceptable) ending, 24 August). In 2016, I was about to publish a…
Phuc, pictured in 1972 running from napalm attack during Vietnam war, has final laser treatment in MiamiPhan Thi Kim Phuc, whose photograph became a symbol of the horrors of the Vietnam war, has had her final skin treatment with a burn specialist, 50 y…
Biden isn’t the first president to promise never to wage another war of intervention | Simon Jenkins
Military adventurism has long appealed to western politicians – even those who say they will not meddle in others’ affairsJoe Biden declares an end to “an era of major military operations to remake other countries”. A president’s job, he says, is to pr…