Theis og Winther - Vietnamkrigen

Japan invades Vietnam

Sep 2, 1940

Vietnam, which had been ruled by the foreign power of France for nearly six decades, was invaded by another foreign power; Japan.

Vietnam is occupied by two foreign powers

Jan 2, 1941

Vitnam is now occupied by the two foreign powers, France and Japan

Ho Chi Mihn's homecoming - Establishment of Viet Minh

Apr 2, 1941

In 1941, The Vietnamese communist revolutionary, Ho Chi Mihn arrives back at Vietnam after spending 30 years of traveling the world. In may 1941, Ho Chi Minh establishes the Viet Minh (League of the independence of Vietnam)

Establishment of a free Vietnam and war against the French occupyingpower

Sep 2, 1945

Viet Minh announces the establishment of an independent Vietnam, called The Democratic Republic of Vietnam

War aginst France

Jul 1, 1950

U.S. provides a $15 million aid to France, to help them fight back the uprising communism in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.

France is defeated

May 7, 1954

France suffers a defeat against the Revolutionaries of Viet Minh, and pulls out of the war