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Vietnam War Chronology from 1940 to 1973
A concise chronology traces Vietnam from Japanese and French rule through Ho Chi Minh's leadership, Geneva accords, and U S involvement to the 1973 cease-fire in Paris. It highlights key leaders, battles, diplomatic moves, and major shifts in authority and strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indochina
Vietnam
Emperor Bao Dai
Japan
U. S
Viet Minh
Ho Chi Minh
Bao Dai
Fontainebleau
Haiphong
France
Geneva
Dien Bien Phu
Ngo Dinh Diem
Saigon
Red River Delta
Edward G. Lansdale
Democratic Republic
South Vietnam
National Security Council
Eisenhower
Council
Diem
North Vietnam
North
Lansdale
Hanoi
Lyndon B. Johnson
Kennedy
United Nations
Maxwell D. Taylor
Walt W. Rostow
White House
Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S
Taylor
Mekong Delta
Henry Cabot Lodge
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Secret Police
America
Nguyen Khanh
Minh
Dean Rusk
Joint Chiefs
Khanh
McNamara
South
William Bundy
Johnson
Honolulu
Lodge
Rusk
John McCone
C.I.A
William Westmoreland
Gulf of Tonkin
Maddox
Turner Joy
Congress
Southeast Asia
Tonkin Gulf
House
Senate
Bien Hoa
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyyen van Thieu
Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Haphong Harbor
Nguyen van Thieu
Defense Department
William C. Westmoreland
Demilitarized Zone
Warsaw
National Liberation Front
Ellsworth Bunkers
South Vietnamese Constituent Assembly
Guam
Thieu
Westmoreland
City Center
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nicholas Katzenbach
Viet Cong
National Union Democratic
Truong Dinh Dzu
Nguyen Duy Trinh
United States
Thant
Eugene McCarthy
New Hampshire
Robert F. Kennedy
Dmz
My Lai
USS
Paris
Richard M. Nixon
South Vietnamese
Nixon
W. Averell Harriman
Midway Island
Union
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Prince Norodom Sihanouk
Marshal Lon Nol
Cambodia
Cooper Church
Lon Nol
Son Tay
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Quang Tri
John D. Lavelle