Group 559
Creates Group 559 to enlarge the Ho Chi Minh Trail into South Vietnam
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1959 in Vietnam
Explore 8 historical events and records for Vietnam in 1959.
Historical records for Vietnam in 1959
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May
Group 759
Creates Group 759 to supply troops & provisions by Sea into South Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Hanoi established the 559th Transportation Group under the command of Colonel (later General) Vo Bam to improve and maintain a transportation system to supply the Vietcong uprising against South Vietnamese Government
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Hanoi established the 559th Transportation Group under the command of Colonel (later General) Vo Bam to improve and maintain a transportation system to supply the Vietcong uprising against South Vietnamese Government
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Hanoi established the 559th Transportation Group under the command of Colonel (later General) Vo Bam to improve and maintain a transportation system to supply the Vietcong uprising against South Vietnamese Government. Creates Group 559 to enlarge the Ho Chi Minh Trail into South Vietnam
Transportation Group
Hanoi established the 559th Transportation Group under the command of Colonel (later General) Vo Bam to improve and maintain a transportation system to supply the Vietcong uprising against South Vietnamese Government
Other events (month unknown)
Secretary
Appointed Secretary General of the Workers Party
Secretary General
Appointed Secretary General of the Defence Ministry
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