What was the 1959 NVN secret supply line called?

Question

What was the 1959 NVN secret supply line called?

Answer 1

the ho chi minh trail in vietnam

Answer 2

Are you referring to the Ho Chi Minh Trail?

Answer 3

The Vietnam war and The secret War in Laos  

The Vietnam war was a battle between north and south Vietnam. North Vietnam became communist and decided to take over the south. America helped the south but was defeated and was retreated. After many agreements the war was over and the north finally took over the south. The compromise of the war was when the United States lost then war and they return back to the U.S. Trying to keep their honor from losing the war. But when they left the also left behind U.S. allies such as the hmongs or the South Vietnamese.

TIME LINE

1957 Beginning of communist in South Vietnam

1959 Weapons and men from North Vietnam begin intruding the South

1960 US aid to the South Vietnamese President, Ngo Dinh Diem, increased

1962 President John F Kennedy provides US military to South Vietnam (12,000 by end of year)

1963 Viet Cong, the communist guerrillas in South Vietnam, defeat units of ARVN, the South Vietnamese army. President Diem overthrown

1964 North Vietnamese patrol boats fire on the US destroyer USS Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin, beginning the US bombing raids on North Vietnam

1965 US troops in Vietnam 23,000 soldiers at start of year

1966. 400,000 US troops in Vietnam, rising to 500,000 in 1967.

1968 Tet Offensive - a combined assault by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese army on US positions - begins. More than 500 civilians die in My Lai massacre

1968 March 31 President Lyndon Johnson announces on television that bombing north of the 20th parallel will stop and that he will not seek re-election in the fall. US and Hanoi agree to preliminary peace talks in Paris

1969 President Nixon draws back US ground troops from Vietnam

1970 Nixon's national security adviser, Henry Kissinger, and Le Duc Tho of the Vietnamese Politburo start to talk in Paris

1972 Australian Infantry Unit leaves SVN.

1973 Ceasefire agreement with guarantees of no further attacks on the nation of SVN by NVN. "Peace with Honour" Withdrawal of US troops completed by March.

1975 North Vietnamese troops invade South Vietnam and take control of the whole country after South Vietnam surrenders

1975 April Last members of US embassy staff evacuated by helicopter from roof of embassy

  After the Vietnam war ended, U.S. troops left Vietnam taking along with them was the U.S. allies, the tribal clans, the Hmong people. Some escaped to Thailand by crossing the vicious Mekong River. Many died attempting to cross. While some couldn't make so they stayed in Laos. Those who were loyal to America were to be "exterminate to the root" as said by the Vietnamese and the Pathet Lao.

Hmong and secret war timeline

1955: Beginning of the United States direct aid to South Vietnam. United States advisers began the training of South Vietnamese army troops.

1961: Beginning of US building covert up and CIA recruitment of Hmong soldiers as a secret U.S-backed army in Laos, authorized by President John F. Kennedy, warned by his predecessor Dwight Eisenhower, that Laos was the domino that could lead to the loss of the Southeast Asia to communism.

1961-1973: "“Secret war” part of the Vietnam War in Laos: the Mien and mainly Hmong soldiers were recruited to fight Pathet Lao, ally of North Vietnam. General Vang Pao, after serving the French army, was recruited to support the American effort of war against communism. The estimated number of deaths during the secret War is about 35,000 to 40,000 soldiers. The non-communist Lao were to use aerial bombardment by the U.S. to destroy “ Ho Chi Minh Trail" supply trail of north Vietnam.

1964, United States Congress authorizing the President of the United States to use military forces in Vietnam to repel attacks on American installations.

1965 February 7: Beginning of bombing military targets in North Vietnam by US Army.

1969 May 14: Top of Bombing strength in Vietnam: at 543,000.

1969 July 12: Death of Lee Lue (Lis Lwm), the Hmong best fighter bomber pilot, shot down by heavy anti-aircraft fire. Lee Lue flew, averaging 120 combat missions a month to build a total of more than 5,000 sorties.

1972 March 30: Launch of the largest offensive of the war since 1968 by People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) troops. The Vietnamese soldiers reached the city of Long Cheng known as the site Lima "LS20A" where lived General Vang Pao with his high ranked militaries. Major Colonel Shoua Yang (Txooj Suav Yaj) and Colonel Shong Leng Xiong (Soov Leej Xyooj) along with their soldiers revealed to be the bravest militaries in defending the city.

1973 January 27: Agreement on ending the war and restoring peace in Vietnam signed in Paris.

1973 February 21: Signature of the agreement to stop fighting with the Pathet Lao by the King, Sri Savang Vatthana. Vietnam ceasefire agreement divides Laos between the communists and the royalists.

1974 April: Creation of a government of National Union, which is the cohabitation between the royal party and the Pathet Lao.

1975 April 30: Fall of Saigon to North Vietnam.The exodus began: hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese became refugees by escaping by boat, communist oppression and re-education camps in the coming years. The fall of South Vietnam anticipated the fall of Laos in May.

1975 May 14: Arrival of the first Hmong refugees in Thailand. Most military families flew to Udon Thani before being transferred to the temporary camp Namphong and to Ban Vinai.

1975 May: Birth of the Hmong resistance movement, lead by Sayshoua Yang (Xaiv Suav Yaj) then by Pakao Her (Paj Kaub Hawj) in the 1980's: the resistants lived in the jungle of Laos and got support from the Hmong in Thailand and overseas.

1975 May to 1990's: Thousands of Hmong murdered by the communists when trying to flee to neighboring Thailand by crossing the Mekong River.

1975 May 10: Opening of the military camp "Namphong" to welcoming Laotian first refugees

1975 July: Departure of General Vang Pao from Thailand to the United States. First families, including Dr. Yang Dao's family, migrated to France and the United States.

1975-1978: ". More than 130,000, refugees, predominantly Vietnamese, entered the U.S. Congress passes the Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act to provide funds for resettlement programs.

1976: Removal of the Hmong refugees at Namphong camp to Ban Vinai, a former military training camp in Thailand. Opening of additional refugees camps.

1977 July: Departure of the high ranked military households for overseas.

1975-1980: Arrival of the Hmong first families in Hawaii, Oregon, Montana, Minnesota, Wisconsin and California.

1975-1990: Official number of 150,000 Hmong refugees in France, US, and other countries.

1977: Amendment of Congress law allowing SEA refugees to become permanent resident upon request.

1978: Visible sign of drops of chemical agent called Yellow Rains by the Pathet Lao on Hmong villages in the Mountain Phou Bia region where the Hmong resistants were hidden.

1980's: Secondary migration inside the United States: Hmong people arrived in different states, sponsored by American citizens, finally gathered into three states: California, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

1981: Detection of chemical agents used against the Hmong and other minorities by Western scientists. These chemical agents were from the former Soviet Union. General Vang Pao asked for an investigation into the use of chemicals against the Hmong. The United Nations voted for an investigation of the use of chemicals in Laos.

1993: Escape of 10,000 Hmong refugees from the official refugee camps to Thai Buddhist temple "Wat Tham Krabok" rather than be repatriated.

1995: Beginning of a five-man fact-finding mission to Thailand by Representative Steve Gunderson (WI) and Representative Christopher Smith (NJ). They wanted information concerning repatriation and various cruel acts.. Their findings confirmed the information that had previously been considered rumors.

1995: Closure of all refugee camps in Thailand.

1997: Recognition of the Hmong veterans in Washington D.C. for their efforts during the Vietnam War.