22 March 1962SunriseNgo Dinh Diem
An operation to corral peasants into armed stockades & seal them off from the Vietcong. 50 hamlets are infiltrated & taken over by Viet Cong who kill village leaders
Historical records for Vietnam in 1962, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
An operation to corral peasants into armed stockades & seal them off from the Vietcong. 50 hamlets are infiltrated & taken over by Viet Cong who kill village leaders
Diem orders bombing raids against suspected Viet Cong-controlled hamlets
Avoids losing his life when the Presidential Palace is bombed. Announces on the radio that he owes his life to "divine protection"
Remains an influential figure in the Diem family's political network
Helps drop a bomb on Diem in his Presidential Palace, Diem survives
Avoids losing his life when the Presidential Palace is bombed. Announces on the radio that he owes his life to "divine protection"
Promotes the Strategic Hamlet Program against communist influence in the countryside
Thao believes this will win sympathy for the Vietcong. Oversees the programm to create peasant built stockades
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