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Ho Chi Minh declares independence for Vietnam
On September 2nd, 1945 Ho Chi Minh declared indpendece for the country of Vietnam, he later made multiple attempts to get the US on his side. -
First of 59,000 dead
LT COL Peter Dewey was the first blood of this conflict with the Vietnamese. He would be the first of many to lay down their life in this war. -
Truman send Military Advisors to Vietnam
Truman feared that Vietnam would also fall to communism, so he sent 35 military advisors to Vietnam, as part of a multi-million dollar aid package. This would lead to more advisors being sent. -
Geneva Accords
After the first Indochina War, plans were put in place for Vietnam to divide the country in two and have elections set in place for it. -
Eisenhower sends more help
Eisenhower was a subscriber to Domio Theory, he was also worried that if Vietnam fell to communism then the rest of the region would too. So in order to stop it, he sent aid to the Diem regime nearly 2 billion dollars in aid and supply them with weapons and increase the number of advisors to 1,000. We keep on supporting the War effort before it ever started. -
Kennedy provides more aid to South Vietnam
When Kennedy reached the White House, he provided South Vietnam with jets, helicopters, armor carriers, and river patrol boats. He also authorized the use of Napalm and Agent Orange. -
Kennedy puts more advisors in Vietnam.
Kennedy ups the number of advisors to 16,000 and they begin to engage in covert operations, he also approves of the coup that ended the Diems regime, which lead to his assassination. -
Assassination of Ngo Diem Dinh
The US approves the coup that leads to the assassination of Ngo Diem Dinh. -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
After running many covert op missions, the North Vietnamese boats attacked the USS Maddox destroyer on August 2nd. But then on August 4 the USS Maddox falsely reported an attack and fire repeatedly at nothing. The US would bomb North Vietnam and the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which the North Vietnamese saw as an act of war. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
The US bombed North Vietnam and Viet Cong Targets but was not effective. -
First US Combat Troops arrive in Vietnam
On March 8th, about 3,500 Marines landed on 'China Beach, these would continue regularly through the year 1965. We are now fully involved in the war in Vietnam. -
Battle of Ira Drang
The first clash between NVA and US troops where 1,000 US troops took on 2,000 NVA troops. It would be the first of many battles, in this war.