Photo on the left shows General Nguyễn Ngọc Loan executing a suspected member of the Viet Cong, Nguyễn Văn Lém on February 1, 1968. Photo Source: Eddie Adams, http://www.fotogpedia.com/eddie-adams.htm
In September 1940, the Japanese invaded Vichy French Indochina to prevent the Republic of China from importing arms and fuel through French Indochina along the Sino-Vietnamese Railway. L'Indochine française pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale Archived 5 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine., Jean-Philippe Liardet
Ho Chi Minh returns to Vietnam to lead the Independence movement against Japan.
Ho Chi Minh meets with OSS.
Empire of Japan announces surrender to the Allied forces bring hostilities in the Pacific Theater of World War II to an end.
Revolution is launched by the Viet Minh against French colonial rule in Vietnam, on August 14, 1945.
Japan officially surrenders on the deck of the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
Ho Chi Minh delivers speech formally announcing Independence of Vietnam from France.
Attempt by a joint force of French, British, and Japan to regain control of Vietnam from the communist Viet Minh. Rosie, George, and Bradley Borum. Operation Masterdom: Britain's Secret War in Vietnam. N.p.: Mainstream, 1986. Print.
Nationalist and communist movements in Vietnam fought together for independence from France
Officially proclaimed on July 02 1949
Comprehensive French defeat that influenced negotiations underway at Geneva Conference.
A conference among several nations that took place in Geneva, Switzerland, in order to settle outstanding issues resulting from the Korean War and discuss the possibility of restoring peace in Indochina. "Indochina - Midway in the Geneva Conference: Address by the Secretary of State". Avalon Project. Yale Law School. May 7, 1954. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
Ngô Đình Diệm is appointed Prime Minister of The State of Vietnam by Prince Bảo Đại.
Better known as South Vietnam was proclaimed on 26 October 1955, with Ngo Dinh Diem as its first president.
Opening throws of the Second Indochina War.
March 1959, the armed revolution began as Ho Chi Minh declared a People's War to unite all of Vietnam under his leadership.
On January 20 of 1961 John Fitzgerald Kennedy is sworn in as the 35th President of the United States.
The Buddhist crisis was a period of political and religious tension in South Vietnam between May and November 1963, characterized by a series of repressive acts by the South Vietnamese government and a campaign of civil resistance, led mainly by Buddhist monks. Adam Roberts, ‘Buddhism and Politics in South Vietnam’, The World Today, Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, vol. 21, no. 6, June 1965
President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam was deposed by a group of Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) officers. US officials were aware of the impending coup and made no attempts to stop it. The now Central Intelligence Agency plays a roll in coordination of the coup.
While in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas. President John F. Kennedy is shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald. Vice President Lydon Baines Johnson is sworn in as 36th President of the United States of America.
The United States joins the war.
3500 Marines land in Da Nang. Their initial task is to provide security for and improve military installations in and around Da Nang. These Marines will be the start of the US troop buildup, by the close of 1965 more than 200,000 US troops will be in Vietnam.
Later told in both the book and movie We Were Soldiers, this is the first major battle between US Troops and the North Vietnamese Army (NVA).
Nixon Doctrine / Vietnamization
Officially titled the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam
Series of increasingly large-scale and ambitious offensive operations by North Vietnam and the Viet Cong that began on 13 December 1974. The eventual goal of these operations was to defeat the armed forces and force the surrender of the government of South Vietnam.
End of the Vietnam War/Second Indochina war.
On 2 July 1976, North and South Vietnam were merged to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Robbers, Gerhard (30 January 2007). Encyclopedia of world constitutions. Infobase Publishing. p. 1021. ISBN 978-0-8160-6078-8. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
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