North Vietnam, officially the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, was the communist state led by Ho Chi Minh, who proclaimed independence in Hanoi at the end of the Second World War. It fought the First Indochina War against returning French colonial forces, culminating in the victory at Dien Bien Phu. The Geneva Accords of 1954 divided the country temporarily at the 17th parallel, and North Vietnam became a separate state with Hanoi as its capital, backed by the Soviet Union and China. It supported the communist insurgency in the south and fought the Vietnam War against South Vietnam and the United States. After the fall of Saigon in 1975, North and South were formally reunified as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Before and after
- from 17 August 1945 to 27 December 1949Indonesian National Revolution
- 17 August 1945Publication of Animal Farm
- 17 August 1945Publication of Indonesia Raya
- 28 August 1945Occupation of Japan
- from 2 September 1945 to 2 July 1976North Vietnam
- 2 September 1945Surrender of Japan
- 11 September 1945Birth of Franz Beckenbauer
- 12 September 1945Founding of VfL Wolfsburg
- from 13 September 1945 to 30 March 1946War in southern Vietnam
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- 1945Allied-occupied Germany
- 1950Discovery of the Ishango bone
- 1952Michael Ventris deciphers Linear B
- from 26 October 1955 to 30 April 1975South Vietnam
- from 1958 to 1971United Arab Republic
- from 1958 to 1960French New Wave
The era
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