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Eisenhower delivers Domino Theory speech
President Dwight D. Eisenhower coins one of the most famous Cold War phrases when he suggests the fall of French Indochina to the communists could create a “domino” effect in Southeast Asia. The so-called “domino theory” -
Eisenhower's Domino Theory Speech
President Dwight D. Eisenhower coins one of the most famous Cold War phrases when he suggests the fall of French Indochina to the communists could create a “domino” effect in Southeast Asia. The so-called “domino theory” This foreshadows U.S involvement in French Indochina and he basically says the U.S is coming. -
Eisenhower Domino theory speech
coins one of the most famous Cold War phrases when he suggests the fall of French Indochina to the communists could create a “domino” effect in Southeast Asia. The so-called “domino theory” . -
Geneva Accords
As part of the agreement, the French agreed to withdraw their troops from northern Vietnam. Vietnam would be temporarily divided at the 17th parallel, pending elections within two years to choose a president and reunite the country. This leaves the door open for American involvement. -
Geneva Accords
the Geneva Agreements were signed. As part of the agreement, the French agreed to withdraw their troops from northern Vietnam. Vietnam would be temporarily divided at the 17th parallel, pending elections within two years to choose a president and reunite the country. In unfair elections don't take place it's just another reason for American Involvement. -
Geneva Accords
As part of the agreement, the French agreed to withdraw their troops from northern Vietnam. Vietnam would be temporarily divided at the 17th parallel, pending elections within two years to choose a president and reunite the country -
President Kennedy orders more troops to South Vietnam
President Kennedy approves sending 400 Special Forces troops and 100 other U.S. military advisers to South Vietnam. On the same day, he orders the start of clandestine warfare against North Vietnam to be conducted by South Vietnamese agents under the direction and training of the CIA and U.S. Special Forces troops. -
Assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem
Ngô Đình Diệm was a Vietnamese politician. He was the final prime minister of the State of Vietnam, and then served as President of South Vietnam from 1955 until he was deposed and killed during the 1963 military coup. With now an "unfair" election only the communist party had a political leader allowing communism to spread even faster. The U.S doesn't like this. -
assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem
The coup d'état was designed by a military revolutionary council including ARVN generals led by General Dương Văn Minh. Lucien Conein, a CIA operative, had become a liaison between the US Embassy and the generals, who were led by Trần Văn Đôn.. -
Gulf of Tonkin incident
The USS Maddox was attacked by North Vietnamese torpedo boats. While in "international waters" this would be proven incorrect with the publishing of the pentagon papers. Yet this incident forces LBJ to answer back and he doesn't, but there was another supposed attack on the 4th of august 1964 that never legitimately happened yet he chooses to react and engage to this make believe attack. -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
The USS Maddox was attacked in "international" waters, we know this as false due to the pentagon papers. Nevertheless a United States Ship was attacked so does LBJ retaliate nope, yet we were "attacked" on the 4th as well, but we were not attacked and LBJ's response to this. "Were gonna bomb the shit out of them" (President Trump) It also gives a reason to create a resolution for a limited war. -
Gulf of Tonkin incident
the USS Maddox incident, was an international confrontation that led to the United States engaging more directly in the Vietnam War. It involved one real and one falsely claimed confrontation between ships of North Vietnam and the United States in the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
authorizing President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. LBJ creates this to chew bubblegum and kick some ass, and LBJ is all out of bubblegum. So he gets congress to sign a "blank check" allowing a limited war in Vietnam. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
it gave U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson authorization, without a formal declaration of war by Congress, for the use of conventional military force in Southeast Asia. Specifically, the resolution authorized the President to do whatever necessary in order to assist "any member". This included involving armed forces. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
This was the bombing operation planning to soften military (NVA) installations in Northern Vietnam, this very badly failed, and caused ground troops to be deployed to south vietnam to stop VC attacks on American airfields. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
codename for an American bombing campaign during the Vietnam War. U.S. military aircraft attacked targets throughout North Vietnam from March 1965 to October 1968. This massive bombardment was intended to put military pressure on North Vietnam’s communist leaders and reduce their capacity to wage war against the U.S -
Search and Destroy Missions
Search-and-destroy missions entailed sending out US troops to locate and destroy communist units in the countryside. These missions most commonly involved hiking out into the bush setting an ambush in the brush, near a suspected Viet Cong trail. The ambush typically involved the use of crossing lines of small arms fire, mortar support, and possibly additional artillery support called in via radio from a nearby fire support base. This was used to protect American airfields -
Battle of Ia Drang
This battle can be seen as a blueprint for tactics by both sides. The Americans used air mobility, artillery fire and close air support to accomplish battlefield objectives. The NVA learned that they could neutralize that firepower by quickly engaging American forces at very close range. This battle was one to popularize the U.S. concept of the "body count" as a measure of success, as the U.S. claimed that the kill ratio was nearly 10 to 1. -
Body Count stats hit the American Media
A body count is the total number of people killed in a particular event. In combat, a body count is often based on the number of confirmed kills, but occasionally only an estimate. Often used in reference to military combat, the term can also refer to any situation involving multiple killings. The military gathers such figures for a variety of reasons, such as determining the need for continuing operations, and planning follow-up operations because we had a problem finding the enemy.
