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French Rules in Vietnam
From the late 1800s until World War 2,France ruled most of Indochina including Vietnam -
France Battles the Vietminh
France,however,had no intention of relinquishing its former colony -
Vietnam war began
America's involvement in Vietnam began in 1950 -
The Vietminh Drive out the French
Upon entering the White House in 1953,President Eisenhower continued the policy of supplying aid to the French war effort -
Diem cancels elections
Although he directed a brutal and repressive regime,Ho Chi Minh won popular support in the North by breaking up large estates and redistributing land to peasants -
Women join the ranks
While the US military in the 1960s did not allow females to serve in combat,10,000 women served in Vietnam -
Kennedy and Vietnam
The Kennedy administration,which entered the White House in 1961,also chose initially to "swim" -
The tonkin Gulf Resolution
Nort Vietnamese patrol boat fired a torpedo at an American destroyer -
The Troop Buidup accelerates
US government had sent more than 180,000 Americans to Vietnam -
U.S. Involvement and Escalation
Much of the nation supported Lyndon Johnson's determination to contain comunism in Vietnam -
Fight in the jungle
A frustrating war of attrition -
Days of Loss and Rage
McCarthy's early campaingn attracted little notice,but in weeks following Tet it picked up steam -
Trouble Continues on the Home Front
-The My lai massacre
-The invasion of cambodia
-violence on campus
-the pentagon papers -
The end of the War and its legacy
As President Nixon settled into the White House in January of 1969,negotiations to end the war in Vietnam were going nowhere -
America's Longest War Ends
American Veterans cope back home
