1945 - The Viet Minh seizes power. Ho Chi Minh announces Vietnam's independence. 1946 - French forces attack Viet Minh in Haiphong in November, sparking the war of resistance against the colonial ...

A timeline of events leading up to and surrounding ... becoming the first American casualty of the Vietnam War. Following a breakdown in negotiations, Ho Chi Minh's Vietminh forces begin a war ...

Vietnam had been a French colony close colonyA country, state or territory ruled over by another country, state or territory. before it was occupied by the Japanese during World War Two.

More than forty years after its conclusion, the Vietnam War is a persistent wound on the American psyche. It is a war that divided families and communities, and sparked massive protests on college ...

The Cold War is the title given to the period of tension between the two superpowers, the USA and the USSR, which dominated international relations for most of the second half of the 20th century.

By March, 1965, the first U.S. combat troops had touched down on Vietnamese soil, with thousands more on their way. The war would not end until 1975 with Hanoi unifying the whole of Vietnam.