March 1975 - March 10, 1975 (Monday)

March 10, 1975 (Monday)

• Vietnam War: Troops of the Army of North Vietnam began an early morning attack on the city of Ban Me Thuot in South Vietnam with the 316th, 10th and 320th Divisions, easily overrunning a South Vietnam Army regiment of defenders who were outnumbered by 5 1/2 to 1. By 10:30 the next morning, "Campaign 275" was over and had effectively placed half of South Vietnam behind enemy lines. The defeat created a "domino effect" that would lead to the conquest disintegration of South Vietnam, as ARVN troops abandoned the Highlands and fled south.
• Ibrahim Nasir, the President of the Maldives, fired Premier Ahmed Zalti and imposed presidential rule on the African nation.