Ngo Dinh Diem21 August 1963
Special Forces raided and vandalised Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands of monks and causing a death toll estimated to be in the hundreds
Vietnam · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Special Forces raided and vandalised Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands of monks and causing a death toll estimated to be in the hundreds
The Vietcong capture Hue & massacre many with "blood-debt-lists"
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