Vietnam

By Randala

  • Vietnams independence is announced

    Ho Chi Minh (founder of indochinese communist party) announces Vietnam independence

  • Democratic republic is recognised by China

  • Start of the Vietnam war

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    The war

    This is the length of the war
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    USA participated in the war

    It was only in this Interval that USA participated in the war.
    The United Kingdom Of America, desided to join because they said that a ship has been shot down, it is later said that it is not even is sure what happened.
    USA desided to join the war, because they did not want to have the communists to "win" and to prevent the spread of communism.

  • Deathcount

    USA: ~58.000 died
    Vietnam: ~estermated deathcount between 1-3 millions. The war can either be seen as a coldwarconflict or as a civil war between communistic and anti communistic parties.

  • Vietnam unified

    Before 1975 there where a north and a south Vietnam, but in 1975 it became a united country

  • socialistic republic of Vietnam proclaimed

  • Vietnam and USA restore full deplomatic relations.

    Vietnam becomes full member of association of southeast Asien Nations (Asean)