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Ho Chi Minh helps find the IndoChinese Communist Party
Ho Chi Minh helps find the IndoChinese Communist Party -
Japan Invades Vietnam
Japan Invades Vietnam -
Ho Chi Minh establishes the Viet Minh
Ho Chi Minh establishes the Viet Minh -
Ho Chi Minh declares an independent Vietnam, called the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh declares an independent Vietnam, called the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. -
Dien Bien Phu
Viets won with many causualties against the french during this battle -
Geneva Conference
The Geneva Conference took place in Switzerland and it's purpose was too unify vietnam and possibility of restoring peace in Indochina. It was made up of the Soviet Union, The United States, France, the United Kingdom, and People's Republic of China. -
Creation Of the Ho Chi Minh Trail
Group 559 develops a primitavie route along vietnamses/cambodian border -
US becomes actively involved
US Helicopters arrive in Vietnam, ordered to shoot first -
Operation Ranch hand
Goal is to clear all Vegetation alongside highways -
Gulf of Tonkin Attack
South Vietnamese commandos attack two small North Vietnamese islands in the Gulf of Tonkin. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
President Johnson was given the power to take whatever actions he sees necessary to defend southeast Asia -
Rolling Thunder begins
President Johnson authorizes Operation Rolling Thunder, a limited but long lasting bombing offensive -
Peace for economic aid proposal
The U.S. offers North Vietnam economic aid in exchange for peace, but the offer is summarily rejected -
Johnson commits over 60000 troops
President Johnson raises America's combat strength in Vietnam -
1st major battle of vietnam war
Two and a half thousand Vietcong troops attack Song Be, a South Vietnamese provincial capital -
Tet offensive
In Hanoi, as Communist forces are building up for the Tet Offensive -
My Lai Massacre
A Unit of Charlie Company slaughtered between 200 and 500 villagers in the hamlet of My Lai. The unit was led by Lieutenant William Calley. The were ordered to enter the village firing -
Rolling Thunder cont.
Operation Rolling Thunder was a title of a US 2nd air division, US Navy, and the Republic of Vietnam Air Force. Objectives were to boost sagging morale of the Saigon regime, persude North Vietnam to stop support of communism, destroy North Vietnam's transportation, and cease the flow of men they were given -
Vietnamization
The training of south Vietnam troops -
Kent State Shooting
Kent state massacre was at Kentucky State University on May 4, 1970. It involved the shooting of unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard. The Guardsmen shot about 67 rounds killing 4 students and injuring nine. Students had been protesting Cambodian Campaign. -
26th Amendment
Gave the right to citizens 18 years and older the right to vote and to not be denied. It was adopted in response to student activism against the Vietnam War. -
North Vietnam captures Quang Tri
First capital taken during their offensive. Fall gave communists control of the entire province. -
US withdrawal of troops
The last troops still alive brought are taken away from Vietnam back to the United States. -
War Powers Act
Law intended to check president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without consent of Congress. It was violated in the past but was finally passed in November 7th. -
South Vietnam Surrenders
Southern Vietnam forces are losing the fight with the advanced number of enemy forces. North Vietnam tanks come in and they surrender. Communist Vietnam.
