Buddhist Rebellion in South Vietnam 1955-1960s

Premier Ngo Dinh Diem (1901-63) of South Vietnam (proclaimed an independent republic after the French Indochina War of 1946-54) gained control of the army, which he used to fight three rebellious, well-equipped religious groups (the Binh Xuyen, Hoa Hoa, and Caodaist sects). In 1955, Bihn Xuyen rebels in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), South Vietnams's capital, battled government troops until being driven out of the city; the rebels' continued harassment forced Diem to attack them at Can Tho and Vinh Long and in the Seven Mountains. Diem's government's harassment of opposing Buddhist priest led to riots and self-immolations.

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Dictionary of Wars, 523-4.

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