Ho Chi Minh Declares Independence for Vietnam
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🗓️ 2 September 2025
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Summary
September 2, 1945. Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnamese independence, setting the country on a collision course with America, the very country that inspired his speech.
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| 0:20.4 | Music It's the morning of April 30, 1975, in Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam. |
| 0:32.3 | Lieutenant Gui Kwong-Tan's hand shakes as he grips the controls of his T-54 tank and maneuvers through the city streets. |
| 0:39.3 | Through his tank's periscope, he can see the presidential palace ahead of him. |
| 0:43.3 | Its once pristine white façade now bears the scars of a city under siege. |
| 0:48.3 | Tan and his comrades have been fighting for this moment for years. |
| 0:51.3 | They've marched hundreds of miles through the jungles |
| 0:54.1 | under near constant bombardment, and somehow they've made it here to the heart of enemy territory. |
| 0:59.9 | Ton sweeps his periscope left and right, catching glimpses of a city in chaos. |
| 1:05.1 | Helicopters buzz across the skies. Gunfire rattles through the streets. |
| 1:10.3 | Tom's radio crackles with updates from other units. |
| 1:13.5 | The final assault on Saigon is nearly complete. But the work is not done yet. There is one last |
| 1:20.2 | symbolic victory to be had. Tom pushes his tank forward toward the presidential palace. |
| 1:26.0 | Metal gates buckle and crash as the tank burst through into the courtyard beyond. |
| 1:30.8 | Dust and debris scatter as Tan brings his tank to a halt. |
| 1:34.6 | He climbs out, a Viet Cong flag clutched in his hands and begins running up the front steps. |
| 1:40.2 | Inside the palace, the South Vietnamese president waits to surrender. |
| 1:47.6 | When Luzani's Inside the palace, the South Vietnamese president waits to surrender. When Lieutenant Bui Quang Tan raises the Viacong flag above Saigon's presidential palace, |
| 1:53.5 | he marks the end of a long and bloody civil war. |
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