The Vietnam War

By frederikke.held
  • Ho Chi Minh declares independence of Vietnam

    Ho Chi Minh declares independence of Vietnam

    Vietnam ask the United Nation and the United States to make an intervention against the french colony

  • the war between Vietminh and the french colonists begins

  • Vietminh wins over France

  • Vietnam is temperarely divided

  • The Tonkien Incident

    In response to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, the first U.S combat troops are sent to Vietnam

  • Peace negotiations in Paris between the North Vietnamese and the Americans

  • The Tet Offensive

  • President Nixon orders US troops withdrawals

  • The American public learns of the Mai Lai massacre, which causes a split in the American pubulation

  • The last US troops are withdrawn

  • Notrh Vietnam launches an assult on South Vietnam and South Vietnam surrenders to the communists

  • Vietnam is unified and is now the socialist republic of Vietnam

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