History of 17th Parellel Line | Vietnam war : Timeline, statistics and facts of war
Chronological History of the Vietnam war Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia were colonies of the French (1860-1941), they were called french Indio china. During world war 2, japan invaded Vietnam. Japan withdraw its forces after Hiroshima and Nagasaki were attacked by the USA. French Indo China map First indo china war and 17th parallel ( December 19,1946 - July 20,1954): The First Indio China war was fought between French forces and Viet Minh led by hô chí Minh. In the first Indochina war was 400,000 – 842,707 and 125,000 – 400,000 civilians were killed. This war ended with Geneva Accord. According to it, the 17th parallel temporary line was drawn throughout Vietnam, north Vietnam as communist-led by hô chí Minh (supported by USSR and China) and South Vietnam as pro-western led by Ngo Dinh Diem( supported by USA and UK). North Vietnam forces begin to build a supply route through Laos and Cambodia to South Vietnam in an effort to support guerrilla attacks against Diem’s government in th