The Viet Nam Conflict Timeline

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  • France takes control of Laos, Viet Nam and Cambodia, forming French Indochina

  • Birth of Ho Chi Minh

  • Japan occupies Viet Nam

  • Ho Chi Minh returns to Viet Nam

  • Geneva Conference begins in Switzerland

  • French surrender at Dien Bien Phu

  • Ngo Dinh Diem refuses to allow national elections

  • Religious flags for Buddha's birthday banned

  • The Gulf of Tonkin incident

  • Operation Rolling Thunder begins

  • The Tet Offensive begins

  • The Christmas bombings

  • North Vietnamese capture Saigon