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Kennedy approved a secret plan for military action
He approveed a secret plan for various military actions in Vietnam, One was the dispatch of agents to North Vietnam to engage in sabotage and light harrassment. This most likely fed into protests against the war. -
Monks publicly killed themselves in protest
A Buddhist monk sat down in the public square in Saigon and set himself on fire. This resulted in Diem police raidingi te Buddhist pgodas and temples, arresting 14 people, and killing 9 people. -
Presidential Palace attacked
Genrals were the ones to attack the presidental palace. Diem called Ambassador Lodge for assistance. After they communicated he left the palace and was arrested and executed. -
President Johnson lied about events to launch full scale war
Johson used a "murkky set of events" to launch full scale war on Vietnam which were later reveiled to be fake. This may have fed into the protest of the war. -
Declaring War on Vietnam
President Johnson used questionable events in the Gulf of Tonkin to embark war on Vietnam. The American Republic procalimed that the Vietnamese set an attack on the U.S, but this accusation was false. In reality the U.S was planning to attack Vietnam. -
Bombing of North Vietnam began
Bombing of North Vietnam began, and a hundred people gathered on the Boston Common to express their anger. The number of people grew. -
Pacifist set himself on fire in front of the Pentagon
Norman Morrison (father of three) set himself on fire infront of thet pentagon in order to protest against the war. This was one of several people who took their own lives as an act of protest. -
War reflecting on the citizens of the U.S.
The citizens of the United States became more aware of the war, and for other cititens the complication was that we weren't winning the war. 40,000 soilders died, and 250,000 were wounded. -
U.S out for Vietnam?
Richard Nixon made an oath that he would take the U.S out of Vietnam. Richard NIxon began to remove American troops out of vietnam, but the bombing was consistent. -
"Camden 28" raided draft board in Camden, New Jersey
They were a group of priests, nuns, and laypeople. This supported the idea that the antiwar movement had taken hold in the American public. -
Cambodia invasion led to failure.
In 1970 the invasion of Cambodia began by Nixon and the Secreatry of State, Henry Kissinger. The invasion led to the commotion of U.S citizens, and the failure of the attack. Congress said that NIxon will not use American soilders for the war without congressional consent. -
Comissioned officers announced formation of the concerned officers movement against the war
Concerned officers movement was a movement that spoke out on issues concerning them with the war. This event symbolizes the growing protest against the war. -
U.S bombings
The failure of the United states aiding the South Vietnamese invasion in Laos. In 1971 they dropped 800,000 tons of bombs on Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. -
Nixons strategy: Vietnamization
The Vietnamese were using America's wealth and air power. Nixons intention wasn't to end the war but to end the involvement towards the soilders in Vietnamese.