News Release: New Indochina War Timeline

30 December 2006

VietnamGear has extended the timeline to include the end of WWII, the first Indochina War and the early U.S. advisory period.
The timeline, which now stretches from 1945 to 1975, includes both the significant military and political events of the first and second Indochina wars.

The complete timeline can be found here, or you can choose a year from the following list:

• 1945
  The end of WWII and the declaration of independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
• 1946
  The outbreak of war in Indochina
• 1947 - 1949
  The return of Boa Dai and the unification of Vietnam
• 1950
  Attacks on French forts along Chinese border and the establishment of MAAG-Indochina
• 1951 - 1952
  Red River Delta battles and the death of General de Lattre de Tassigny
• 1953
  The Navarre Plan and occupation of Dien Bien Phu
• 1954
  The fall of Dien Bien Phu, the Geneva agreement and Ngo Dinh Diem becomes Prime Minister
• 1955
  The U.S. training mission and the dethronement of Bao Dai
• 1956 - 1957
  The introduction of TERM and the attempt to assassinate Diem
• 1958 - 1960
  The construction of the Ho Chi Minh Trail, the increase in MAAG advisors and the failed coup d’état against Diem
• 1961 - 1962
  The formation of MACV and the Cuban missile crisis
• 1963 - 1964
  Coup d’état against Diem and the Tonkin Gulf Resolution
• 1965
  U.S. troop buildup and the battle of the Ia Drang Valley
• 1966
  Bombing of North Vietnam intensifies
• 1967
  Construction of the McNamara Line
• 1968
  The Tet offensive and the siege of Khe Sanh
• 1969 - 1970
  The death of Ho Chi Minh, the raid on Son Tay and the first withdrawals of U.S. troops
• 1971 - 1972
  The acceleration of troop withdrawals and the siege of An Loc
• 1973 - 1975
  The Paris Peace Pact and the fall of Saigon

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