leading to vietnam

By agottschall

  • 1956

    1956
    South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem begins campaign against political dissidents.

  • 1957

    1957
    Beginning of Communist insurgency in the South.

  • 1959

    1959
    Weapons and men from North Vietnam begin infiltrating the South.

  • 1960

    1960
    American aid to Diem increased

  • 1962

    1962
    Number of US military advisors in South Vietnam rises to 12,000

  • 1963

    1963
    Viet Cong, the communist guerrillas operating in South Vietnam, defeat units of the ARVN, the South Vietnamese Army.