Dakotah Canell (Vietnam war)

By Dakotah Canell

  • Geneva Conference

    Geneva Conference
    The Geneva Conference was a conference between a number of nations that took place in Geneva, Switzerland from April 26th through July 21st, 1954. The conference was intended to settle issues resulting from the Korean War and the First Indochina War.

  • Attack of Gulf of Tonkin

    Attack of Gulf of Tonkin
    The USS Maddox is attacked by North Vietnamese torpedo patrol boats in the Gulf of Tonkin August 1964.

  • Operation Flaming Dart

    Operation Flaming Dart
    President Johnson orders targets in North Vietnam in retaliation to VietCong attack on U.S. base in the city of Pleiku.

  • Operation Rolling Thunder

    Operation Rolling Thunder
    Operation Rolling Thunder is when President Johnson launched a three-year campaign of continuous bombing of targets in North Vietnam and the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

  • Tet Offensive

    Tet Offensive
    The Tet Offensive begins an assault of Viet Minh and North Vietnamese armies. Attacks are carried out in more than 100 cities and outposts across South Vietnam, including Hue and Saigon, and the U.S. Embassy is invaded. This was known to be a major turning point in the Vietnam war.