-
Vietminh formed to counter the Japaneese invastion of Vietnam.
-
The Democratic Republic of Vietnam, North Vietnam, was proclimed by Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi.
-
The conflict included the French with support from the Vietnamese National Army against the Viet Minh. Most of the fighting happened in Tonkin.
-
Viet Minh defeated the French in the First Indochina War. France withdrew military from Vietnam.
-
The Vietminh started a campaign of guerrilla warfare in South Vietnam.
-
The Ho Chi Minh Trail was first used. First American causualties were American Military Advisors.
-
The Viet Cong(National Liberation Frony) was a political organization and army in South Vietnam using guerrilla and regular army tactics.
-
President Kennedy agrees to send instructors to train troops. 900 U.S. millitary personel were in South Vietnam by the end of 1961.
-
Ngo Dinh Diem was killed en route to the Vitnamese Join General Staff Headquarters.
-
USS Maddox engaged three North Vietnamese torpedo boats resulting in a sea battle.
-
A resolution which gave President Johnson the power to use conventional military force in Southeast Asia.
-
A U.S. Marine Corps Hawk air defense missile battalion is deployed to South Vietnam.
-
400,000 U.S. troops were in Vietnam.
-
Nguyen Van Thieu became President of South Vietnam.
-
The last U.S. troops leave Vietnam.
