1965 South Vietnamese coup
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On February 19, 1965, some units of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam commanded by General Lâm Văn Phát and Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo launched a coup against General Nguyễn Khánh, the head of South Vietnam's ruling military junta. Their aim was to install General Trần Thiện Khiêm, a Khánh rival who had been sent to Washington D.C. as Ambassador to the United States to prevent him from seizing power. The attempted coup reached a stalemate, and although the trio did not take power, a group of officers led by General Nguyễn Chánh Thi and Air Marshal Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, and hostile to both the plot and to Khánh himself, were able to force a leadership change and take control themselves with the support of American officials, who had lost confidence in Khánh.
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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 |