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| 1954 | Accords of Geneva Dinh, Nguyen Quoc |  |
| 20th July Geneva Represents the SVN during the signing of the Geneva Accords |
| 1954 | Accords of Geneva Dong, Pham Van | |
| 20th July Geneva Represents the DRV during the signing of the Geneva Accords |
| 1954 | Battle of Dien Bien Phu Dung, Van Tien | |
| Dien Bien Phu Defeats the French & Japanese |
| 1954 | Battle of Dien Bien Phu Giap, Vo Nguyen | |
| 13th Mar Buen Bien Phu Battle commences with a heavy Viet Minh bombardment |
| 14th Mar Buen Bien Phu The Viet Minh capture Beatrice |
| 16th Mar Buen Bien Phu The Viet Minh capture Gabrielle |
| 1954 | Battle of Dien Bien Phu Chi-Minh, Ho | |
| 7th May Dien Bien Phu The Viet Minh overwhelm the French garrison of Dien Bien Phu |
| 1954 | Battle of Dien Bien Phu Giap, Vo Nguyen | |
| 7th May Buen Bien Phu Takes possession of the French garrison the day before the peace talks in Geneva |
| 1954 | Battle of Dien Bien Phu Chi-Minh, Ho | |
| 20th Nov Dien Bien Phu The French establish a garison in order to tempt the Viet Minh into battle |
| 1954 | Capture of Beatrice Giap, Vo Nguyen | |
| 14th Mar Beatrice The Viet Minh capture Beatrice |
| 1954 | Capture of Dienbienphu Chi-Minh, Ho | |
| May Dienbienphu Dienbienphu falls to the Viet Minh |
| 1954 | Capture of Gabrielle Giap, Vo Nguyen | |
| 16th Mar Gabrielle The Viet Minh capture Gabrielle |
| 1954 | Conference of Geneva Chi-Minh, Ho | |
| 20th July Geneva Opening day of the Geneva Conference to discuss peace in Vietnam |
| 27th July Geneva A ceasefire with France is agreed |
| 27th July Geneva Agrees to temporarily divide Vietnam in half pending elections unite Vietnam |
| 27th July Geneva Despite general agreement the "Final Declaration" is not signed |
| 27th July Geneva French troops be withdraw from nth Vietnam & the Vietminh will withdraw from the sth |
| 27th July Geneva Sth Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia will become independent states protected by SEATO |
| 27th July Geneva Territory nth of the 17th Parallel will go to the Government of Ho Chi-Minh |
| 27th July Geneva The USAdoes not want to recognize Beijing & Hanoi |
| 27th July Geneva Vietnam is partitioned above latitude 17 degrees north |
| 1954 | Election Chi-Minh, Ho | |
| 27th July Geneva Agrees to temporarily divide Vietnam in half pending elections unite Vietnam |
| 1954 | Invasion of Giap, Vo Nguyen | |
| Giap leads an invasion force into Laos |
| 1954 | NLF Chi-Minh, Ho | |
| Forms the National Liberation Front, the "Viet Cong" |
| 1954 | Partition Chi-Minh, Ho | |
| 27th July Geneva Vietnam is partitioned above latitude 17 degrees north |
| 1954 | Siege of Dienbienphu Chi-Minh, Ho | |
| May Dienbienphu Dienbienphu falls to the Viet Minh |
