Vietnam GCSE timeline

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  • French rule of Vietnam begins

    French rule of Vietnam begins

  • Ho Chi Minh founds the ICP(Indochinese communist party)

  • ICP organises a guerrilla force, Viet Minh to fight Japan

  • Vietminh sizes power,Vietnam dependent

  • French forces attack Viet Minh in Haiphong

  • Democratic Republic of Vietnam recoginsed by USSR and China

  • French defeated by Vietminh

  • Vietnam split into north and south at Geneva agreement

    Vietnam split into north and south at Geneva agreement

  • South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem begins campaign against political dissidents.

    South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem begins campaign against political dissidents.

  • Communist insurgency starts in the south

  • Weapons and men from North Vietnam begin infiltrating the South.

  • American aid to Diem increases

  • Le Duan replaces Ho Chi Minh as First Secretary

    Le Duan replaces Ho Chi Minh as First Secretary

  • John F. Kennedy beats Richard Nixon in the U.S. presidential election

    John F. Kennedy beats Richard Nixon in the U.S. presidential election

  • outhern revolutionaries, backed by the North Vietnamese Communist Party, form the National Liberation Front, known in Saigon and Washington as the Viet Cong.

    outhern revolutionaries, backed by the North Vietnamese Communist Party, form the National Liberation Front, known in Saigon and Washington as the Viet Cong.

  • Number of US advisers rises to 12,000

  • self immolation of Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc

    self immolation of Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc

  • Diem and his brother are killed in coup backed by US

    Diem and his brother are killed in coup backed by US

  • JFK is assassinated and Johnson is now president

    JFK is assassinated and Johnson is now president

  • Gulf of tonkin incident

    Gulf of tonkin incident

  • First USA vs VietCong battle in Ia Drang Valley

    First USA vs VietCong battle in Ia Drang Valley

  • First Marines land in Danang.

    First Marines land in Danang.

  • Protests start in New York

  • Protests in Washington

  • South Vietnamese executed in Hue

    South Vietnamese executed in Hue

  • Tet Offensive

    Tet Offensive

  • North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops launch surprise attacks against targets throughout South Vietnam.

  • My Lai massacre

    My Lai massacre

  • Johnson announces he is not running for president

    Johnson announces he is not running for president

  • Nixon becomes US president

    Nixon becomes US president

  • Ho Chi Minh dies

    Ho Chi Minh dies

  • The first Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam

  • Nixon goes on television to call for national solidarity

    Nixon goes on television to call for national solidarity

  • Nixon's national security advisor, Henry Kissinger, and Le Duc Tho, for the Hanoi government, start talks in Paris.

  • The Kent state massacre

    The Kent state massacre
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    The South Vietnamese launch operation Lam Son 719

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    The Easter Offensive invasion by North Vietnamese

  • Cease-fire agreement is reached

  • Last U.S. combat troops leave South Vietnam.

  • Nixon leaves office due to WaterGate scandal

  • Siagon falls

    Siagon falls

  • Siagon is renamed Ho Chi City

  • Vietnam invades Cambodia

    Vietnam invades Cambodia

  • Opening of the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial Wall.

  • US lifts its 30-year trade embargo.

  • Under President Bill Clinton, the U.S. normalizes relations with Vietnam.

    Under President Bill Clinton, the U.S. normalizes relations with Vietnam.

  • Le Kha Phieu becomes party leader.