Nguyen Khanh Biography and Timeline

Birth of Nguyen Khanh

Birth of Nguyen Khanh

Education

Graduates from the French Military Academy Saint-Cyr/Coetquidam and is promoted to "Indochine", and Ecole des Troupes Aeroportees (Airborne forces) in France

Indochine

Graduates from the French Military Academy Saint-Cyr and is promoted to "Indochine" in France

Education

Graduates from Vien Dong (Dap Da) Military Academy and Saint Saumur (France) Military Academy, rank of Lieutenant

Lieutenant

Graduates from Vien Dong (Dap Da) Military Academy and Saint Saumur (France) Military Academy, rank of Lieutenant

Captain

Appointed Captain and commands first Parachutists Battalion, participating in the Hoa-Binh Operation in Northern Vietnam

Major

Appointed Major in command of the Thirteenth ARVN and subdivision of Can Tho, South Vietnam

Major

Appointed Colonel and commands the First Infantry Division stationed at the 17th Parallel

General Secretary

Commands the IV Corps Tactical Zone and served as General Secretary for National Defence

IV Corps Tactical Zone

Commands the IV Corps Tactical Zone and served as General Secretary for National Defence

Secretary General

Appointed Secretary General of the Defence Ministry

Major General

Appointed Major General and assigned to Inter-Arms Chief of Staff

Coup

Joins General Duong Van Minh and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) generals in a coup against President Ngo Dienh Diem which led to the Presidents death

Lieutenant General

Appointed Lieutenant General to command I Corps

Coup

General Nguyen Khanh led a coup replacing Duong Van Minh as Prime Minister

Coup

General Nguyen Khanh led a coup replacing Duong Van Minh as Prime Minister

Role range: 1960-1975

January Coup

Seizes power from Duong Van Minh's military junta

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1964-1965

Coup

General Nguyen Van Thieu joins forces with Air Vice Marshall Nguyen Cao Ky in a coup against General Nguyen Khanhs Government that lasted for (260 days) from January 1964-October 1964, with the support of a neutralist coalition

Neutrality

General Nguyen Van Thieu joins forces with Air Vice Marshall Nguyen Cao Ky in a coup against General Nguyen Khanhs Government that lasted for (260 days) from January 1964-October 1964, with the support of a neutralist coalition

Bombing of Vietnam

Requests the US Ambassador Henry Lodge to bomb North Vietnam

Role range: 1960-1975

Invasion of Vietnam

During the Vietnam War at a rally in Saigon, General Nguyen Khanh made a statement "calling for expanding the war into North Vietnam"

Role range: 1960-1975

Mobilization

During the Vietnam War at a rally in Saigon, General Nguyen Khanh made a statement "calling for expanding the war into North Vietnam"

Role range: 1960-1975

Coup

General Nguyen Khanh is faced with an attempted coup, rioting and demonstrations in the northern provinces, a massive labor strike in Saigon, and an armed revolt by Montagnards

Rebellion of Montagnards

General Nguyen Khanh is faced with an attempted coup, rioting and demonstrations in the northern provinces, a massive labor strike in Saigon, and an armed revolt by Montagnards

Coup

General Nguyen Khanh is faced with an attempted coup, rioting and demonstrations in the northern provinces, a massive labor strike in Saigon, and an armed revolt by Montagnards

Role range: 1960-1975

Strike

General Nguyen Khanh is faced with an attempted coup, rioting and demonstrations in the northern provinces, a massive labor strike in Saigon, and an armed revolt by Montagnards

Role range: 1960-1975

Coup

The South Vietnamese Air Force, under the leadership of Air Marshall Nguyen Cao Ky, crushes a coup plot against General Nguyen Khanh

Coup

The South Vietnamese Air Force, under the leadership of Air Marshall Nguyen Cao Ky, crushes a coup plot against General Nguyen Khanh

Role range: 1960-1975

Constitution of Vietnam

The Vietnamese Revolutionary Council elect Phan Khac Suu as Chief of State and the former Mayor of Saigon, Tran Van Huong, as Premier, but General Nguyen Khanh retains real power under the title of Commander in Chief of the armed forces

President of Vietnam

The Vietnamese Revolutionary Council elect Phan Khac Suu as Chief of State and the former Mayor of Saigon, Tran Van Huong, as Premier, but General Nguyen Khanh retains real power under the title of Commander in Chief of the armed forces

Revolutionary Military Council

The Vietnamese Revolutionary Council elect Phan Khac Suu as Chief of State and the former Mayor of Saigon, Tran Van Huong, as Premier, but General Nguyen Khanh retains real power under the title of Commander in Chief of the armed forces

President of Vietnam

The Vietnamese Revolutionary Council elect Phan Khac Suu as Chief of State and the former Mayor of Saigon, Tran Van Huong, as Premier, but General Nguyen Khanh retains real power under the title of Commander in Chief of the armed forces

President of Vietnam

The Vietnamese Revolutionary Council elect Phan Khac Suu as Chief of State and the former Mayor of Saigon, Tran Van Huong, as Premier, but General Nguyen Khanh retains real power under the title of Commander in Chief of the armed forces

Role range: 1960-1975

President of Vietnam

Appointed President of Southern Vietnam

Coup Crisis

Dissident generals and the Armed Forces Council move against Khanh during South Vietnam's February coup crisis

Role range: 1964-1965

Khanh Ouster

Khanh travels to Da Lat while trying unsuccessfully to resist the Armed Forces Council's decision to remove him

Role range: 1964-1965

Ambassador-at-Large

Khanh accepts the face-saving post of ambassador-at-large after being forced from power by the Armed Forces Council

Constitution of Vietnam

Appointed Chief of State of the Government of Free Vietnam, an anti-communist organisation located in Little Saigon, Westminster, California

Free Vietnam

Appointed Chief of State of the Government of Free Vietnam, an anti-communist organisation located in Little Saigon, Westminster, California