History and chronology of Ngo Dinh Diem in Vietnam

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Government
Military
Revolution
Vietnam War, 2nd

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Accords Geneva
Alliance
Amnesty
Assassination
Battle Balaclava
Capture Saigon
Conference Geneva
Constitution
Coup d'Etat
Death
Declaration War
Diplomacy
Dismissal
Mobilization
Plot
President
Rebellion
Referendum
Sunrise

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Balaclava
Binh Duong
Geneva
Hanoi
Saigon

Ngo Dinh Diem History of Vietnam


1954	Conference of Geneva
27th May Geneva The Geneva Conference appoints Ngo Dinh Diem President of Vietnam
27th May Geneva The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam at the 17th parallel
1954	President
Appointed Prime Minister of Sth Vietnam, 1st term
1955	Accords of Geneva
16th July Geneva Rejects the Geneva accords & the elections, a decision backed up by the USA
1955	Alliance
20th May Hanoi France agrees to deploy troops against the Vietminh
1955	Capture of Saigon
2nd May Saigon Supporters of Prime Minister drive the Binh Xuyen rebels out of the capital
1955	Constitution
23rd Oct Hanoi Diem proclaims a Sth Vietnamese Republic
26th Oct Hanoi Diem declares himself President & a Republic is declared
1955	Declaration of War
28th April Saigon War breaks out in Saigon
1955	Dismissal
18th Oct Hanoi Bao Dai dismisses Prime Minister Diem but Diem refuses to resign
1955	President
16th July Appointed Prime Minister of Southern Vietnam, 2nd term
26th Oct Appointed President of Southern Vietnam, Emperor Annam is rejected
1955	Rebellion
28th April Saigon Supporters of Diem defeat Bao Dai & force Binh Xuyen rebels out of the capital
1955	Referendum
23rd Oct Hanoi A referendum gives PM Diem an overwhelming majority over Bao Dai
23rd Oct Hanoi Diem proclaims a Sth Vietnamese Republic
1960	Coup d'Etat
11th Nov Survives a coup by a group of paratroopers, agres to free elections but later reneges
1961	Diplomacy
Rejects USAoffers to increase troops & military advisers
Oct Requests a defense pact with the United States after attacks by the Vietcong
1961	Mobilization
June Saigon Kennedy sends General Taylor & advisers to discuss troop support for Diem
1962	Assassination
Announces on the radio that he owes his life to "divine protection"
Avoids losing his life when the Presidential Palace is bombed
1962	Plot
Announces on the radio that he owes his life to "divine protection"
Avoids losing his life when the Presidential Palace is bombed
1962	Sunrise
Mar Diem orders bombing raids against suspected Viet Cong-controlled hamlets
22nd Mar Binh Duong 50 hamlets are infiltrated & taken over by Viet Cong who kill village leaders
22nd Mar Binh Duong An operation to corral peasants into armed stockades & seal them off from the Vietcong
1963	Amnesty
Offers an amnesty to communist soldiers
1963	Assassination
1st Nov Captured & burnt to death
1st Nov Ngo Dinh is captured & burnt to death
1963	Battle of Balaclava
Balaclava An inferior Vietcong force defeats a Sth Vietnamese Div led by officers picked by Diem
1963	Coup d'Etat
1st Nov Overthrown & killed by a coup, with tacit USAapproval
1963	Death
1st Nov Death of Ngo Dinh Diem, assassinated
1963	Rebellion
Saigon A Buddhist burns himself to death & triggers off demonstrations against the government