In Aviemore , in the Scottish Highlands , a temperature of — according to the Met Office , was recorded Recording ; the lowest temperature recorded Recording in the UK since 2003 .

When the North Vietnamese military renewed Recovering their offensive early in 1975 , the RVNAF was handicapped Hindering and many of their aircraft were either lost Earnings_and_losses or captured Conquering as formations of the People 's Army of Vietnam ( PAVN ) swept Scrutiny through the Central Highlands of South Vietnam .

After the initial success capturing Control Phước Long Province , the North Vietnamese leadership increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the scope of the People 's Army of Vietnam 's ( PAVN ) offensive Attack and captured Control and held the key Central Highlands city of Buôn Ma Thuột between March 10 and 18 .

Following the attack Attack on Buôn Ma Thuôt , the South Vietnamese realized Coming_to_believe they were no longer able to defend Defending the entire country and ordered Arranging a strategic withdrawal Escaping from the Central Highlands .

The retreat Escaping from the Central Highlands , however , was a debacle as , under fire , civilian refugees fled Escaping with soldiers , mostly along a single highway reaching Arriving from the highlands to the coast .

This situation was exacerbated Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by confusing orders Arranging , lack of command Control and control Control , and a well-led and aggressive enemy , which led to Causation the utter rout and destruction Destroying of the bulk of South Vietnamese forces Military_operation in the Central Highlands .

It was built Building to support Supporting the operations Military_operation of Free World Military Forces in the Central Highlands of Vietnam .

The region is physically diverse , featuring a number of highland areas , including the Sierra Madre de Chiapas and the Montañas Centrales ( Central Highlands ) , a southern littoral plain known as Soconusco and a central depression formed Coming_to_be by the drainage of the Grijalva River .

It is crossed Motion_directional by several ranges of low karstic hills and rises Motion_directional to the south as it nears the Guatemalan Highlands .