1960 ⟶ North Vietnam Forms the NLF (Viet Cong)
Formation of the NLF (often called Viet Cong) by North Vietn...
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🇻🇳 Viet Cong Insurgency Begins
Viet Cong insurgency begins in South Vietnam, sponsored by North Vietnam.⟶
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🇻🇳 North Vietnam Forms the NLF (Viet Cong)
🇻🇳 National Liberation Front Forms in South Vietnam
The National Liberation Front, a nationalist-communist insurgency, is formed in South Vietnam.⟶
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🇻🇳 US Deploys Military Advisors to South Vietnam
John F. Kennedy authorizes the deployment of 18,000 military advisors to support the struggle against communist insurgents in South Vietnam.⟶
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💥 Viet Cong Offensive Repulsed
Viet Cong (also called the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam, or NLF) goes to the offensive in South Vietnam, only to be repulsed by the South Vietnamese regime with major American air support.⟶
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🇻🇳 North Vietnam Wins the Vietnam War
North Vietnam wins the Vietnam War. The South Vietnam regime falls with the surrender of Saigon and the two countries are united under a Communist government.⟶
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