Category: North Vietnam

Asia Pacific 1940

Japanese Invasion of French Indochina

While Nomonhan and the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact...

Southern Asia 1941

Japanese Intervention in French Indochina

Germany’s defeat of France in 1940 left...

Asia Pacific 1945

Surrender of Japan's Overseas Forces

At the time of the Japanese surrender, Japan...

Southern Asia 1946

Iran Crisis

When World War II ended, the Soviet Union...

Asia Pacific 1946

Reclaiming China

During the war in China, the Communists had...

Southern Asia 1946

Independence in the Middle East

During World War II, the French had promised...

East Asia 1955

End of Soviet Influence in China

The Korean War was effectively ended with a...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1956

Independence of Sudan

In 1953 Egyptian revolutionaries deposed the...

Asia Pacific 1959

China under Mao

Following the end of the Korean War in 1953...

Asia Pacific 1963

Formation of Malaysia

In 1961, Indonesia attacked Dutch New Guinea....

North America 1966

Operation Power Pack

Castro’s success in Cuba helped inspire...

Asia Pacific 1968

Vietnam War

At the end of the First Indochina War, Vietnam...

East Asia 1969

Sino-Soviet Border Conflict

In 1966, Mao launched the Cultural Revolution,...

Asia Pacific 1973

Paris Peace Accords

By the late 1960s, US public opinion had swung...

East Asia 1974

Battle of the Paracel Islands

The 1969 Sino-Soviet conflict encouraged the...