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History of 17th Parellel Line | Vietnam war : Timeline, statistics and facts of war

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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