On 11 November 1960, a failed coup attempt against President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam was led by Lieutenant Colonel Vương Văn Đông and Colonel Nguyễn Chánh Thi of the Airborne Division of the Ar
The rebels demanded the removal of First Lady Madame Nhu (pictured left, with Lyndon Johnson)
Colonel Lansdale (pictured here as a major general), a CIA officer who assisted Diệm in the past, called for the removal of the US ambassador to Saigon
Nguyễn Khánh
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Nguyễn Khánh was a Vietnamese military officer and politician. A general of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, he was the leader of South Vietnam from January 1964 until February 1965 while at the h
Khánh in 1964
