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Battle of Dien Bien Phu Begins
The war begins between the French and the Vietminh. The Vietminh shoot down all incoming supplies from the french making it impossible for them to get any artillery. At this point the French have met their match. Later on that year on May 7th, the French are defeated by the Vietminh, leaving 3,000 french men killed and 8,000 wounded. -
Ho Chi Min trail
North Vietnam Army unit called 559, formed to create a supply route to South Vietnam. It was trails of roads, waterways, and tracks. This route became known as the Ho Chi Minh later on. -
Viet cong Formed
National Liberation Front is formed by Hanoi for South Vietnam, Diem government calls this liberation front "Vietcong." -
JFK beats Nixon and Jumps into Action
President JFK drafts more military men to the Vietnam War against the Vietcong guerillas. They were sent with new equipment and military advisors. America starts to enter the war -
Buddhists Protest Against Diem
Tension increases between Buddhist and Diem Government, Diem who are Catholics removes Buddhists from many key government positions and replaces them people of their own religion. monks protest the intolerance for other religions and some monks started to set themselves on fire in public places. -
Diem Overthrown and Murdered
With the approval and tactics of the United States, Soldiers in the South Vietnamese military overthrow Diem, later on Diem and his brother Nhu are shot and killed. -
President Kennedy's Assassination
On November 22nd 1963 President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Appointing Lyndon Johnson President of the United States of America. -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Three Northern Vietnamese PT boats fire torpedoes at the USS Maddox, later on congress allows united states to attack against northern Vietnam -
Operation Cedar Falls
16,000 US troops and 14,000 South vietnamese troops come together for a ground operation to destroy the Viet Cong. Underground tunnels (AKA Iron Triangle) are found as well as Headquarter for Viet Cong Personnel. -
"Vietnamization Policy" Announced
Melvin Laird, the Secretary of Defense for the United States announces the Vietnamization Policy, which focuses on the fall back of the United States Army from the Vietnam war. A war in which many Americans think we should have not intervened in the first place. -
Paris Peace Talks Begin
Talks about bringing back the Peace between the United States and Northern Vietnam begin in May of 1969. W. Averell Harriman represented the United States, and a former Foreign Minister Xuan Thuy represented the North Vietnamese. -
Kissinger and Le Duc Tho Win Peace Prize, Kissinger accepts but Le Duc Tho declines?
In Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho Win Nobel Peace Prize, Kissinger graciously accepts the prize, but Le Duc Tho declines as he feel and bluntly states that peace in Northern Vietnam has yet to exist. This makes Le Duc Tho the first and only person to Voluntarily decline the Nobel Prize -
Cease- Fire
Signed by Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho, the Cease- Fire Agreement is signed in Paris, France. This was said by Richard Nixon "to bring peace with honor in Vietnam and Southeast Asia". Was Enacted on January 28th -
Ford Announces " War is Finished"
President Ford announces the end of the war during his speech in New Orleans, based on his anticipation of the fall of Saigon to Communist forces, -
Last Americans Evacuate
In the early morning the last of American Servicemen evacuate Vietnam as Saigon falls to the Communist,North Vietnam accepts the surrender and makes it known that "only Americans have lost". The last deaths of americans was by helicopter crash the day of the evacuation
