Colonial Rebellion

I.  French Colonization, 1867

II.  Ho Chi Minh

A.  Vietminh

B.  Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV)

III.  Dien Bien Phu, May 1954

IV.  Geneva Accords, 1954

V.  SEATO

 

Civil War in the South

I.  Ngo Dinh Diem

II.  US Aid to Republic of Vietnam

III.  National Liberation Front (NLF)

A.  Vietcong

IV.  ÒStrategic HamletsÓ

V.  Religious Crackdown

 

North-South Civil War

I.  Vietcong and North Vietnamese insurgencies

 

Anti-Imperialist War

I.  ÒGulf of Tonkin ResolutionÓ

II. Operation Rolling Thunder

III.  Tet Offensive, January 1968

IV.  Vietnamization

V.  Cease-Fire, January 1973