1955 ⟶ Vietnam War Officially Begins

Official beginning of the Vietnam War.
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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

🇮🇳🇵🇰 Indo-Pakistani War Begins

Beginning of the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965.⟶
Indo-Pakistani War Begins (1965)
WarAsiaIndiaPakistanCold WarKashmir

🇻🇳 Reunification of Vietnam

Vietnam was reunited.⟶
Reunification of Vietnam (1976)
VietnamReunificationWarAsiaCommunismCold WarSoutheast Asia

💥 Sino-Vietnamese War

Sino-Vietnamese War, China launches a punitive attack on Vietnam to punish it for invading Cambodia⟶
Sino-Vietnamese War (1979)
ChinaVietnamwarSino-Vietnamese WarCold Warcommunismborder dispute