What event prompted Thiệu to resign from his presidency?
The communists' final push for victory
The Buddhist crisis
The Coup of 1963
The Tet Offensive
Answer
The communists' final push for victory prompted Thiệu to resign from his presidency. The communists had been fighting for years to overthrow the government of South Vietnam, and they were finally making significant gains. In January 1975, the communists captured the city of Hue, and in March they captured the city of Da Nang. By April, they had surrounded Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam.
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