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LBJ takes over
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France leaves Indo-China
France could not control its colonies in Indo-China and had to leave -
Vietnam divided
Vietnam would be divide at it's 17th parallel, but only temporarily. The country would be divide for only two years, and at the end of it all, the would gain their independence. -
Military advisors sent to South Vietnam
The U.S sends military advisors to South Vietnam to train South Vietnam armies to fight against the North Vietnam armies. -
Gulf of Tonkin Rsolution
It gave President Lyndon B. Johnson power to take any necessary measures, whatever it may be, to protect Southeast Asia from communism. -
Arrival of U.S. troops
This was the first time the U.S military was officially involved in the Vietnam war -
The Tet Offensive
A military campaign by North Vietnam and it's allies against South Vietnam and it's allies -
Election of President Richard Nixon
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Vietnamization
This was a Nixon policy that aimed at bringing an end to the U.S. troops involvement in the Vietnam War. Instead, he wanted the U.S. to train the South Vietnam soldiers to fight and protect their country and teach them military strategies. -
Kent State
Students protesting about the bombing of Cambodia gets massacred by the National Guardsmen at Kent State University -
Nixon Invades Cambodia
Secret bombing raids authorized by Pres. Nixon to stop North Vietnam from using Cambodia as a means of transporting their troops and supplies into South Vietnam. -
Paris Peace Accords
A peace treaty to end the Vietnam War and restore peace in Vietnam. -
Last U.S. troops leave Vietnam
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Fall of Saigon
After Saigon was totally destroyed by North Vietnam armies, the leader of South Vietnam who has been in office for only three days surrendered the South to it's northern counterpart. This marked the end of the Vietnam war and the beginning of the Communist oppression in Vietnam (united Vietnam).
