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Rare card · History
Fall of Saigon, a Rare card
Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, was captured by North Vietnam on 30 April 1975.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 83
- DEF
- 93
- Power
- 176
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 440,000
Power 176 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Fall of Saigon quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Fall of Saigon card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
This caused the ______ of thousands of civilians and U.S. personnel, and ended the Vietnam War.
Answer
evacuation. This caused the evacuation of thousands of civilians and U.S. personnel, and ended the Vietnam War. From the Fall of Saigon article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, was captured by North Vietnam on 30 April ____.
Answer
1970s. Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, was captured by North Vietnam on 30 April 1975. From the Fall of Saigon article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Atlantic slave trade. Atlantic slave trade 97 · Algerian War 93 · Fall of Saigon 83 · Qin dynasty 79 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- This caused the evacuation of thousands of civilians and U.S. personnel, and ended the Vietnam War.
- The aftermath ushered in a transition period under the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam until the formal reunification in 1976.
- As part of the 1975 spring offensive, the People's Army of Vietnam and the Viet Cong auxiliaries, under the command of General Văn Tiến Dũng, began their final attack on Saigon on 29 April 1975, with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam commanded by General Nguyễn Văn Toàn suffering a heavy artillery bombardment.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Fall of Saigon article was read about 440,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 83 and blocks with 93: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
How to get Fall of Saigon
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Fall of Saigon (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Hubert van Es, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
