1954 – 1955★★★★★
Operation Passage to Freedom
During the 300-day free-movement period after the Geneva Accords, roughly 800,000 to one million people, many of them Catholics, move from North to South Vietnam.
Politics· Vietnam, United States, France
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Events this year
March 13, 1954 – May 7, 1954★★★★★
Battle of Điện Biên Phủ
The Việt Minh assault the French garrison at Điện Biên Phủ; their victory on 7 May leads to the Geneva Accords.
War· Vietnam, France
May 17, 1954★★★★★
Brown v. Board of Education ruling
The US Supreme Court rules that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional.
Politics· United States
July 21, 1954★★★★★
Geneva Accords on Indochina
The Geneva Conference ends the First Indochina War, temporarily partitioning Vietnam at the 17th parallel pending elections planned for 1956.
Treaty· Vietnam, France, Laos, Cambodia, Switzerland
October 10, 1954★★★★★
Việt Minh takes over Hanoi
The Vietnam People's Army takes control of Hanoi as French forces withdraw under the Geneva Accords.
Politics· Vietnam, France
November 1, 1954 – March 19, 1962★★★★★
Algerian War of Independence
The National Liberation Front (FLN) fights French rule; the war ends with the Évian Accords and Algerian independence in 1962.
WarRevolution· Algeria, France
Ongoing
December 19, 1946 – 1954★★★★★
First Indochina War
War between the Việt Minh and France breaks out in Hanoi and lasts until the Geneva Accords of 1954.
War· Vietnam, France, Laos, Cambodia
1953 – 1956★★★★★
Land reform in North Vietnam
A land reform campaign in the North redistributes land, accompanied by many executions; the government later acknowledges errors and launches a rectification in 1956.
PoliticsEconomy· Vietnam