Geschichte Vietnams

Historic Maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Vietnam, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Vietnam.

North Vietnam ruled by Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)

Han civilization 87 BCE

Han Civilization 2 BCE

Han foreign relations

Western Han Dinasty

Han Dinasty 189

North Vietnam ruled by the Three Kingdoms 220-280

North Vietnam ruled by the Western Jin Dynasty (265-316)

Eastern Jin Dynasty (317-420)

Vietnam under the Chinese Tang Dynasty 608-907

Historical development of Vietnam

Parts of Vietnam under control of Funan

South East Asia circa 1100 showing the approximate areas of control for the Dai-Viet (Vietnam), Champa, and Khmer Empires

Kingdom of Champa's core territories

Parts of Vietnam under control of the Khmer Empire

Vietnam around 1650

Map of the Japanese Empire (1870-1942)

Map of French Indochina (Indochine française, Đông Dương thuộc Pháp)

The drawing shows the French disposition at Dien Bien Phu, as of March 1954. The French took up positions on a series of fortified hills (shown in green). The southermost, Isabelle, was dangerously isolated. The Viet Minh positioned their 5 divisions (the 304th, 308th, 312th, 316th, and 351st) in the surrounding areas to the north and east. From these areas, the Vietminh had a clear line of sight on the French fortifications and were able to accurately rain down artillery on the French positions.

Tet Offensive

Vietnamese Chinese War 1978-1979

Old maps

This section holds copies of original general maps older than 70 years of this entry.

Early Western Map of Tonkin (1651)

Tonking, Östl. Hinterindien, Hue, Ha-Noi (Meyers Konversationslexikon), 1888

Indochina in 1886

Vietnamkrieg

Stefan Sasse hat in seinem Geschichtsblog eine sehr gute Zusammenfassung über den Zeitraum

von 1946 bis 1965 in einem ersten Teil geschrieben.