Ardens timeline

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  • The battle of Dien Bien Phu

    The battle of Dien Bien Phu
    Indochina gained there independance

  • Monarchy was abolished in south vietnamese

    Monarchy was abolished in south vietnamese
    The prime minster became president of south vietnamese republic.

  • Troops landed airborn in Vietnam

    Troops landed airborn in Vietnam
    4,000 101st airborn division paratroopers arrived in Vietnam.

  • Operation starlite started as the first major American battle

    Operation starlite started as the first major American battle
    Started when 5,500 us marines destroyed Viet Cong.

  • Australian disengagement began

    Australian disengagement began
    John Gorton, it was not until the election of Gough Whitlam in 1972 that conscription ended.

  • Nixon told a military incursion to Cambodia

    Nixon told a military incursion to Cambodia
    He orderd them to destroy NLF sanctuaries bordering on South Vietnam.

  • Troops invaded Laos

    Troops invaded Laos
    South Vietnamese troops invaded Laos.

  • Nixon stepped out bombing in Vietnam

    Nixon stepped out bombing in Vietnam
    It was with the China USSR

  • The war powers act

    The war powers act
    curtailed the President's ability to commit troops to action without first obtaining Congressional approval.

  • South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese

    South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese
    which reunited the country under Communist rule as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam ending the Vietnam War.

  • North Vietnam united both North and South Vietnam

    North Vietnam united both North and South Vietnam
    to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

  • president Carter pardoned nearly all Vietnam War draft evaders.

    president Carter pardoned nearly all Vietnam War draft evaders.