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The state of vietnam was established by President Ho Chi Minh. Under his leader ship a co operation between anti communist viets and the french . The vietnamese launched a successful seize of power creating the republic.
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French held garrison at Dien Phu in Vietnam fell after a four month siege led by viet nationalists. After the fall of Dien Phu the french pulled out of the region. 1700 men died that fateful battle. -
North and south vietnam were give a divided line. This was called the 17th parallel. The agreement stipulated of the election which would be held in two years to unify vietnam. -
Was used to overthrow south vietnamese government. Was a step toward unifying the north and south. It is a National Liberation front for the liberation of the south. -
Presidfents johnson took any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace. It was passage by U.S. Congress of the gulf of tonkin resolution. -
A battle that was intense to the very end and fought in the sky. It was a bombing campaign that was suppose to cause a sort of scare. This scare was to divert Ho Chi Minh from taking over South Vietnam. -
American fight to protect the U.S. Airbase from viet cong attacks. They had 3500 marines stationed to fight. This left a blood bath of fighting. -
It was the largest military campaign in vietnam. It was a campaign of surprise attacks throughout vietnam. It was meant to trigger instability throughout the country. -
A horrific incident in which american brutally murdered innocent people in the village of My Lai. This included the raping of women and murder of families and children. This sparked an international outrage. -
A battle of protestors against the police. It was caused by the vietnam protestors and their anger towards the people. This all happened while their was an internal disagreement concerning its stance on vietnam within the democratic party. -
The police riot was in full swing. Networks were broadcasting around the world. The focus was on anti war protests against the government. -
Around the time of Martin Luther King Jrs murder, former vice president Richard Nixon won the election. He wanted to restore law and order. It was the last year to vice presidents were opposing candidates. -
Students band together to show support of a truce for vietnam. They went to school wearing armband getting them sent home. They were not able to return to school giving them a plan to end the protest. This became a court case of freedom of expression. -
It was a music and art fair known as woodstock. They played music of peace during the hippie era. They had a huge audience and was one of the greatest festivals in history. It had many drugs and signs of peace and freedom. -
Ohio National Guard fired into a crowd at the university. This caused a major uproar. Leading to a protest against the people and this was a main reason many colleges shutdown. -
A protest went down for the USA invasion of cambodia. This ended in police opening fire after midnight on students and passerby's. This killed two students and injured 12 others. -
It was the distribution of info on the war. They were leaked to the press and were incomplete. They were missing alot of information and caused a few problems. -
It was the agreement on ending the war. It was meant to restore peace in vietnam. It was an immediate cease fire and a withdrawal of military personnel. -
It was a political scandal. Five perpetrators were arrested with evidence of cash found on them. It was from the presidential re-election. This ended in his impeachment process but he resigned to save himself. -
Nixon was being attacked for his actions. This had audiotapes of nixon who withheld information. To secure national interest it was decided Nixon v. United States. -
Saigon fell to North Viets Army. Days before the USA evacuated thousands of americans and south viets.