Event 2

Timeline Title
Amidrumorsofa
possibleAmerican
invasion,Japaneseoust
theFrenchcolonial
governmentwhichhad
beenoperating
independentlyandseize
controlofVietnam,
installingBaoDaias
theirpuppetruler.

1945 Event1946
1 1947 1948 1949Event 31950 1950 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020
July1945atPotsdam, Frenchforceshad
Germany,theAllied pushedtheViet
leadersmadethe Minhoutofmost Event 4
a broad front of Vietnamese
decisiontodivide majortownsand patriots and nationalists
Indochinainhalfatthe citiesinnorthern controlled by the Communist
16thparalleltoallow andcentral Party - seize power. Ho Chi
ChiangKai-shekto Vietnam,including Minh announces independence
receivetheJapanese HanoiandHu
surrenderintheNorth,
whileLordLouis
Mountbattenwould
receivethesurrenderin
theSouth.