The Vietman War Era

By 21EHarlan

  • The Seato was formed. (southeast asia treaty organization)

    Created to contain the spread of communism

  • French lose control in Vietnam after they attacked

  • Nfl

    Communist rebels in the South known as Nlf called Vietcong started killing government officials and destroying roads and bridges

  • The students for a Democratic party

    The students for a democratic party is formed

  • North Vietnamise army attack

    North Vietnamise army attack US and ARVN postions

  • Kennedy sends US troops to South Vietnam

    Troops went to South Vietnam to advise more effective ways to fight communist forces

  • Protestors burn draft cards

    Protestors burn their draft cards in protest of the draft

  • Diem is removed

    Diem is removed from power and assasinated

  • President Kennedy is assasinated

    President Kennnedy is assasinated and Johnson becomes President

  • North Vietnamise fire on USS Maddox

    North Vietnamise fire on USS Maddox in the gulf of Tonkin. The Maddox returns fire, Johnson orders an air strike on the North Vietnamise

  • The Gulf of Tonkin resoultion is passed

    The Gulf of Tonkin resoultion is passed, authenzing the President to "Take all necessary measures to repel any armed attacks"

  • Johnson alters the US role in the Vietnam war

    Johnson alters the US role in Vietnam in response to an attack in Pleikw, and orders, "Rolling thunder"

  • Airstrikes in North Vietnam

    Airstrikes hammered North Vietnam, and pilots started useing Napalm

  • America began to split

    The country began to split with disagreement over the continuation of the war

  • The war is at a stalemate

    The war devolved into a stalemate

  • Democrats convened in Chicago

    Democrats convened in Chicago to chose a presidential canidate to repersent the party, and choose Hubert Humphrey over Eugene Mccarthy

  • North Vietnamise army hit Khe Sanh Tet offensive

  • President Johnson announces the limiting of bomding

    President Johnson announces the limiting of bomding of NV and the seeking a negotiion to settle the war

  • MLK is assasinated

    Dr Martin Luther King is assiasinated in Memphis Tennessee

  • Robert Kennedy is assinated

    Robert Kennedy is assinated in California

  • Richard Nixon takes office

    Richard Nixon takes office and begins to withdrawl troops from Vietnam, starting to Vietnamization