Presidential Guard (South Vietnam)
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The Presidential Guard was a military unit of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam
that was assigned to personally protect the President of the Republic of Vietnam, the nation-state that existed from 1955 to 1975.
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
The Army of the Republic of Viet Nam , sometimes parsimoniously referred to as the South Vietnamese Army , was the land-based military forces of the Republic of Vietnam , which existed from October 26, 1955 until the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975...
that was assigned to personally protect the President of the Republic of Vietnam, the nation-state that existed from 1955 to 1975.
Military actions in which the Presidential Guard defended the head of state
- 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt1960 South Vietnamese coup attemptOn November 11, 1960, a failed coup attempt against President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam was led by Lieutenant Colonel Vuong Van Dong and Colonel Nguyen Chanh Thi of the Airborne Division of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam ....
- 1962 South Vietnamese Independence Palace bombing1962 South Vietnamese Independence Palace bombingThe 1962 South Vietnamese Independence Palace bombing in Saigon was an aerial attack on February 27, 1962, by two dissident Vietnam Air Force pilots, Second Lieutenant Nguyễn Văn Cử and First Lieutenant Phạm Phú Quốc...
- 1963 South Vietnamese coup1963 South Vietnamese coupIn November 1963, President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam was deposed by a group of Army of the Republic of Vietnam officers who disagreed with his handling of the Buddhist crisis and, in general, his increasing oppression of national groups in the name of fighting the communist Vietcong.The...