{"slug": "viet-cong", "label": "Viet Cong", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viet_Cong", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q174423", "qid": "Q174423", "description": "revolutionary organization active in South Vietnam and Cambodia from 1960 to 1977", "entries": 16, "years": 11, "span": [1941, 1974], "span_label": ["1941 CE", "1974 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 11}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "vietnam-war", "label": "Vietnam War", "shared": 14}, {"slug": "vietnam", "label": "Vietnam", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "south-vietnam", "label": "South Vietnam", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "cambodia", "label": "Cambodia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "north-vietnam", "label": "North Vietnam", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1941, "year_label": "1941 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 19", "text": "May 19 – The Viet Minh is formed at Pác Bó in Vietnam, to overthrow French rule of the nation, as an alliance between the Indochina Communist party, led by Ho Chi Minh, and the Nationalist party. It will become the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372706275#May", "title": "1941", "revid": 1372706275, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1954, "year_label": "1954 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "In South Vietnam, the Viet Minh is reorganised into the Viet Cong.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369212684#Date_unknown", "title": "1954", "revid": 1369212684, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1955, "year_label": "1955 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 1", "text": "November 1 – Official start date of the Vietnam War between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and Republic of Vietnam; the north is allied with the Viet Cong.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371173508#November", "title": "1955", "revid": 1371173508, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1959, "year_label": "1959 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 26", "text": "September 26 – First large unit action of the Vietnam War takes place, when two companies of the ARVN's 23rd Division are ambushed by a well-organized Viet Cong force of several hundred, identified as the \"2nd Liberation Battalion\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370221732#September", "title": "1959", "revid": 1370221732, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1963, "year_label": "1963 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 2", "text": "January 2 – Vietnam War – Battle of Ap Bac: The Viet Cong win their first major victory.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370539540#January", "title": "1963", "revid": 1370539540, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1964, "year_label": "1964 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "May 2", "text": "May 2 – Vietnam War: Attack on USNS Card – An explosion caused by Viet Cong commandos causes carrier USNS Card to sink in the port of Saigon.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371069587#May", "title": "1964", "revid": 1371069587, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1965, "year_label": "1965 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 18", "text": "August 18 – Vietnam War: Operation Starlite – 5,500 United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in Quảng Ngãi Province, in the first major American ground battle of the war. The Marines were tipped off by a Viet Cong deserter who said that there was an attack planned against the U.S. base at Chu Lai.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368843670#July–August", "title": "1965", "revid": 1368843670, "section": "Events › July–August"}}, {"year": 1965, "year_label": "1965 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 10", "text": "June 10 – Vietnam War – Battle of Dong Xoai: About 1,500 Viet Cong mount a mortar attack on Đồng Xoài, overrunning its military headquarters and the adjoining militia compound.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368843670#May–June", "title": "1965", "revid": 1368843670, "section": "Events › May–June"}}, {"year": 1965, "year_label": "1965 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 27", "text": "November 27 – Vietnam War: The Pentagon tells U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson that if planned major sweep operations to neutralize Viet Cong forces during the next year are to succeed, the number of American troops in Vietnam will have to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368843670#November–December", "title": "1965", "revid": 1368843670, "section": "Events › November–December"}}, {"year": 1965, "year_label": "1965 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 8", "text": "November 8 – Vietnam War – Operation Hump: The United States Army 173rd Airborne is ambushed by over 1,200 Viet Cong.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368843670#November–December", "title": "1965", "revid": 1368843670, "section": "Events › November–December"}}, {"year": 1965, "year_label": "1965 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 30", "text": "October 30 – Vietnam War: Near Da Nang, United States Marines repel an intense attack by Viet Cong forces, killing 56 guerrillas. A sketch of Marine positions is found on the dead body of a 13-year-old Vietnamese boy who sold drinks to the Marines the day before.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368843670#September–October", "title": "1965", "revid": 1368843670, "section": "Events › September–October"}}, {"year": 1966, "year_label": "1966 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 18", "text": "August 18 – Vietnam War – Battle of Long Tan: D Company, 6th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment, meets and defeats a Viet Cong force estimated to be four times larger, in Phuoc Tuy Province, Republic of Vietnam.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370246126#August", "title": "1966", "revid": 1370246126, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1967, "year_label": "1967 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 11", "text": "November 11 – Vietnam War: In a ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 3 United States prisoners of war are released by the Viet Cong and turned over to American \"New Left\" antiwar activist Tom Hayden.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370160888#November", "title": "1967", "revid": 1370160888, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1968, "year_label": "1968 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "February 1", "text": "February 1 – Vietnam War: Execution of Nguyễn Văn Lém – A Viet Cong officer is summarily executed by Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, a South Vietnamese National Police Chief. The event is photographed by Eddie Adams. The photo makes headlines around the world, eventually winning the 1969 Pulitzer Prize, and sways U.S. public opinion against the war.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371310387#January–February", "title": "1968", "revid": 1371310387, "section": "Events › January–February"}}, {"year": 1968, "year_label": "1968 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 30", "text": "January 30 – Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive begins as Viet Cong forces launch a series of surprise attacks across South Vietnam.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371310387#January–February", "title": "1968", "revid": 1371310387, "section": "Events › January–February"}}, {"year": 1974, "year_label": "1974 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 31", "text": "January 31 – The South Vietnamese government and the Viet Cong announced that they would resume prisoner of war exchanges on February 8, after a suspension of seven months.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372602919#January–February", "title": "1974", "revid": 1372602919, "section": "Events › January–February"}}]}