1956 ⟶ Viet Cong Insurgency Begins

Viet Cong insurgency begins in South Vietnam, sponsored by N...
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🇻🇳 Vietnam War Officially Begins

Official beginning of the Vietnam War.⟶
Vietnam War Officially Begins (1955)
VietnamWarIndochinaSoutheast AsiaCold WarUS InvolvementCommunism

🇻🇳 Viet Cong Insurgency Begins

Viet Cong insurgency begins in South Vietnam, sponsored by North Vietnam.⟶
Viet Cong Insurgency Begins (1956)
VietnamInsurgencyCold WarProxy WarGuerrilla WarfareSoutheast AsiaCommunismNorth VietnamSouth Vietnam

🇱🇦 Laotian Civil War Begins

The Laotian Civil War begins.⟶
Laotian Civil War Begins (1959)
LaosCivil WarSoutheast AsiaCold WarProxy WarCommunismVietnam War

🇻🇳 National Liberation Front Forms in South Vietnam

The National Liberation Front, a nationalist-communist insurgency, is formed in South Vietnam.⟶
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🇻🇳 North Vietnam Forms the NLF (Viet Cong)

Formation of the NLF (often called Viet Cong) by North Vietnam. It is a Communist insurgent movement that vows to overthrow the anti-communist South Vietnamese regime. It is supplied extensively by North Vietnam and the USSR eventually.⟶
North Vietnam Forms the NLF (Viet Cong) (1960)
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💥 Tet Offensive Begins in Vietnam

Tet Offensive in South Vietnam begins.⟶
Tet Offensive Begins in Vietnam (1968)
Vietnam WarMilitary OffensiveTet OffensiveSouth VietnamNorth VietnamUS MilitaryTurning PointCold War