White Christmas - The Fall of Saigon, April 1975

After President Nixon's sudden resignation in August 1974, the leaders of North Vietnam realized that the timetable and "Blooming Lotus" plan set for late 1976 or early 1977 for invading South Vietnam could be advanced. The invasion began with a series of Communist attacks in the Ventral Highlands and led to the capture of several ARVN positions prompting President Thieu to order an evacuation. South Vietnam city of Quang Tri fell quickly the City of Hue was soon cut off from Saigon to the south prompting a complete breakdown of ARCN troops fleeing on roads south to escape the onslaught.

Viewing their foe's growing collapse, the North Vietnamese High Command issued new orders to capture Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the anniversary of Ho Chi Minh's birth on May 9th. The final battle of the thirty-year-long war was now set.