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birth of ho chi minh
Hồ Chí Minh, born Nguyễn Sinh Cung, also known as Nguyễn Tất Thành and Nguyễn Ái Quốc, was a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader -
japan occupies viet nam
Japanese troops enjoying leave in Saigon during World War II. The Japanese occupied Vietnam in September 1940 and remained there until the end of World War II (August 1945). ... It was Japanese imperialism cloaked in a veil of Asian nationalism. -
ho chi minh returns to viet nam
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geneva conference begins in switzerland
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french surrendered at dien bien phu
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france takes control of laos, viet nam and cambodia, forming french indochina
French Indochina was formed on 17 October 1887 from Annam, Tonkin, Cochinchina (which together form modern Vietnam) and the Kingdom of Cambodia; Laos was added after the Franco-Siamese War in 1893. The federation lasted until 21 July 1954. -
ngo dinh diem refuses to allow national elections
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religious flags for buddha's birthday banned
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the gulf of tonkin incident
The Gulf of Tonkin incident, also known as the USS Maddox incident, drew the U.S. more directly into the Vietnam War. It involved two separate confrontations involving North Vietnam and the United States in the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin -
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operation rolling thunder begins
Operation Rolling Thunder was the title of a gradual and sustained aerial bombardment campaign conducted by the U.S. 2nd Air Division (later Seventh Air Force), U.S. Navy, and Republic of Vietnam Air Force (VNAF) against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) from 2 March 1965 until 2 November 1968 -
the tet offensive begings
Tet Offensive Begins. On the early morning of January 30, 1968, Viet Cong forces attacked 13 cities in central South Vietnam, just as many families began their observances of the lunar new year. -
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the christmas bombings
Infuriated, President Nixon ordered plans drawn up for retaliatory bombings of North Vietnam. Linebacker II was the result. Beginning on December 18, American B-52s and fighter-bombers dropped over 20,000 tons of bombs on the cities of Hanoi and Haiphong. ... North Vietnam claimed that over 1,600 civilians were killed -
north vietnamese capture saigon
