Battle of Saigon
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The Battle of Saigon was a week-long battle in South Vietnam between the army of Diệm's government and the private army of the Bình Xuyên organised crime syndicate. At the time, the Bình Xuyên was licensed with controlling the national police by the Chief of State Bảo Đại and Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm issued an ultimatum for them to surrender and come under state control. The battle started in Saigon capital on April 28, 1955, and Diệm's government had largely crushed the Bình Xuyên within a week. Fighting was mostly concentrated in the inner city Chinese business district of Chợ Lớn. The densely crowded area saw some 500 to 1000 deaths and up to 20,000 civilians made homeless in the cross-fire. In the end, the Bình Xuyên were decisively defeated, their army disbanded and their vice operations collapsed.
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| area | region | 1955 | South Vietnam | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 1969 | Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | FULRO insurgency against Vietnam | insurgency | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 1860 | Siege of Saigon | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1861 | Battle of Ky Hoa | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1861 | Capture of Bien Hoa | armed conflict | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1955 | Battle of Saigon | France, battle, State of Vietnam | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1960 | 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt | attempted coup d'état | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1962 | 1962 South Vietnamese Independence Palace bombing | Pham Phu Quoc, Nguyễn Văn Cử, attempted coup d'état, bombardment | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1964 | September 1964 South Vietnamese coup attempt | attempted coup d'état | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1965 | 1965 South Vietnamese coup | attempted coup d'état | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1965 | Battle of Song Be | United States, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1968 | Battle of Saigon | United States, North Vietnam, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1968 | Tet Offensive attack on Tan Son Nhut Air Base | offensive | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1968 | Tet Offensive attack on US Embassy | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1968 | Tet Offensive attacks on Bien Hoa and Long Binh | offensive | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1968 | Tet Offensive battle of Cholon and Phu Tho Racetrack | battle, offensive | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1968 | Action of 1 March 1968 | naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1968 | May Offensive | offensive | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1968 | Battle of South Saigon | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1968 | Battle of West Saigon | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1968 | Phase III Offensive | offensive | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1974 | 1975 spring offensive | offensive | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1975 | Operation Babylift | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1975 | Bombing of Tan Son Nhut Air Base | bombardment | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1975 | Fall of Saigon | battle | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1771 | Siamese–Vietnamese War of 1771-1773 | war | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1945 | Operation Masterdom | France, United Kingdom, war, Vietnamese Independence League | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1955 | Vietnam War | North Korea, Thailand, Philippines, South Korea, New Zealand, National Liberation Front of South Vietnam, North Vietnam, Republic of Vietnam, Khmer Rouge, GRUNK, Pathet Lao, United States, People's Republic of China, Australia, proxy war, Kingdom of Laos, Kingdom of Cambodia, Khmer Republic, Many Flags | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1959 | War in Vietnam (1959–1963) | war phase | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1973 | War of the flags | war phase | Wikidata |
| organisation | military branch | 1952 | Republic of Vietnam Navy | navy | Wikidata |
| organisation | shipbuilding company | 1978 | Ba Son Corporation | holding company, business, shipbuilding, shipbuilding company, defense industry | Wikidata |
| site | fort | Fort of Ki Hoa | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Vietnam People's Air Force Museum, Ho Chi Minh City | military museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | 1975 | War Remnants Museum | military museum | Wikidata |