1960 in South Vietnam
The following lists events that happened during 1960 in South Vietnam.
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Events
December
- December 20 - The National Liberation Front (NLF) was created as a Communist political organization in South Vietnam, to oppose the government of President Ngo Dinh Diem, who gave the group the nickname "Viet Cong". As the NLF gained adherents, it began carrying out military attacks against the South Vietnamese Army, and against U.S. forces during the Vietnam War.[1]
gollark: Since my last name sounds like Marx I get jokes about it occasionally.
gollark: I've heard of Karl Marx, a bit.
gollark: That's a few centuries, hydro.
gollark: Depending on how you define it, it's not a hugely old thing.
gollark: Also, if prejudice is... somehow caused by capitalism... how do you explain racism and whatnot before modern capitalism was a thing?
References
- James DeFronzo, Revolutions and Revolutionary Movements (3d. Ed., Westview Press, 2007) pp165–166
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