Military Escalation in Vietnam

By ameliecrawford

  • Military Advisors are sent over.

    Military Advisors are sent over.
    President Truman sent the MAAG over to Vietnam to help the French in the first Indochina war.

  • Defeat at Dien Bien Phu

    Defeat at Dien Bien Phu
    The French-held garrison fell after a four-month siege led by Ho Chi Minh, causing the French to leave Vietnam.

  • Gulf of Tonkin Incident

    Gulf of Tonkin Incident
    The Gulf of Tonkin incident ended up with the U.S. becoming more engaged in the Vietnam War after we were carrying out covert operations close to North Vietnamese waters and then they responded.

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
    In response to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared war without Congress' approval. Authorizing President Johnson to do whatever is necessary to assist South Vietnam.

  • Strategy Changed to Search and Destroy Missions

    Strategy Changed to Search and Destroy Missions

  • Operation Rolling Thunder

    Operation Rolling Thunder

  • Operation Starlite

    Operation Starlite

  • Operation Crimp

    Operation Crimp

  • Operation Attleboro

    Operation Attleboro

  • Operation Cedar Falls

    Operation Cedar Falls

  • Tet Offensive

    Tet Offensive

  • Operation Menu

    Operation Menu