National Liberation Front (NLF) | Facts, History, & Vietnam War
WEBApr 21, 2024 · National Liberation Front (NLF), Vietnamese political organization formed on December 20, 1960, to effect the overthrow of the South Vietnamese government and the reunification of North and South Vietnam. An overtly communist party was established in 1962 as a central component of the NLF, but both the military arm, the Viet Cong, and …
Viet Cong - Wikipedia
WEBNorth Vietnam established the National Liberation Front on December 20, 1960, at Tân Lập village in Tây Ninh Province to foment insurgency in the South. Many of the Viet Cong's core members were volunteer "regroupees", southern Viet Minh who had resettled in the North after the Geneva Accord (1954).
National Liberation Front formed | December 20, 1960 | HISTORY
WEBNov 16, 2009 · This organization, more commonly known as the National Liberation Front (NLF), was designed to replicate the success of the Viet Minh, the umbrella nationalist organization that successfully...
National Liberation Front | Algerian Revolution, Guerrilla Warfare ...
WEBMar 18, 2024 · National Liberation Front, the only constitutionally legal party in Algeria from 1962 to 1989. The party was a continuation of the revolutionary body that directed the Algerian war of independence against France (1954–62). The FLN was created by the Revolutionary Committee of Unity and Action.
National Liberation Front - History Learning Site
WEBMar 27, 2015 · The History Learning Site, 27 Mar 2015. 29 Apr 2024. The National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NLF) was created in December 1960. However a form of the NLF had been in existence from the time when it became clear that Diem would not hold elections for a united Vietnam as had been agreed at the Geneva meeting in 1954.
National Liberation Front | Vietnam War, Algeria, Marxism
WEBMar 17, 2024 · National Liberation Front, title used by nationalist, usually socialist, movements in various countries since World War II. In Greece, the National Liberation Front–National Popular Liberation Army was a communist -sponsored resistance group that operated in occupied Greece during the war.
Battlefield:Vietnam | History - PBS
WEBOn December 20, 1960, the Party' s new united front, the National Liberation Front (NLF), was born. Anyone could join this front as long as they opposed Ngo Dinh Diem and wanted to unify...
The Vietnam War (article) | 1960s America | Khan Academy
WEBIn December 1960, the National Liberation Front, commonly called the Viet Cong, emerged to challenge the South Vietnamese government. A civil war erupted for control of South Vietnam, while Hanoi sought to unite the country under its …
Episodes 5-8 | National Archives
WEBJun 6, 2019 · February 7, 1965: National Liberation Front attack on Pleiku Air Base. March 2, 1965: Operation Rolling Thunder. March 8, 1965: 3,500 Marines arrive at Danang Harbor. March 21, 1965: Selma to Montgomery Civil Rights March. May 21, 1965: Large teach-in at the University of California at Berkeley. August 6, 1965: Johnson signs …
National Liberation Front - Oxford Reference
WEBQuick Reference. (NLF) A South Vietnamese resistance movement formed in December 1960 at a secret location, sponsored by the Communist Party of North Vietnam. Based upon the organizational and operational experience of the Vietminh, its primary aim was the overthrow of Ngo Dinh Diem, and beyond this the unification of all Vietnam under the ...
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