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Ho Chi Minh wants Vietnamese independence
The day Japan surrendered Ho had quoted the U.S. declaration of independence asking the allies to recognize Vietnamese independence he also made multiple attempts to get the U.S. on his side. -
French loss
The French suffer a big defeat bringing their colonial reign to an end some U.S. officials wanted airstrikes and even nuclear warfare to save the French position but Dwight D Eisenhower refused to. -
Domino theory
Dwight Eisenhower says the fall of the French Indochina to communists could create a domino effect in Southeast Asia -
Second Indochina war
the Viet Cong, South Vietnamese communist guerillas, and the Viet Minh, began a large-scale insurgency in the South that marked the opening of the Second Indochina War. -
U.S.soldiers killed
U.S. soldiers are killed in vietnam. -
Gulf of Tonkin incident
The gulf of tonkin incident prompted congress to Lyndon B. Johnson expansive war-making powers. -
Lyndon Johnson
Lyndon Johnson is elected into office -
Rolling thunder
a massive bombing campaign codenamed Operation Rolling Thunder that would continue for years. -
Drafts
Draft calls soon skyrocketed along with draft resistance and in 1967 there were around 500,000 U.S. troops in Vietnam