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Vietnam Conflict
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Military:Ho Chi Minh secretly returns to Vietnam after 30 years
Ho Chi Minh returns to vietnam and creates a nationalist organization which was called Viet Minh.The Jappanese occupied Vietnam during WWll,the United States allies with Ho Chi Minh to harass and beat down the Jappanese troops -
Politicial:Rumors of American invasions
In 1945 there were rumors going around that the Americans are going to invade. -
Military:Post World War Two
'Following the defeat of Nazi Germany, World War II Allies including the U.S., Britain, and Soviet Union, hold the Potsdam Conference in Germany to plan the post-war world. Vietnam is considered a minor item on the agenda.' -
Military:Bombarding Haiphong Harbor
After a bunch of violent encounters with Viet Minh, French forces bombard Haiphong harbor and occupy Hanoi which caused Ho Chi Minh and his Viet Minh forces to retreat into the jungle -
Military:Vietnamese National Army
The French establish the (South) Vietnamese National Army. -
Politicial:Gen. De Lattre
Because of cancer ailing Gen. De Lattre is replaced by Gen. Raoul Salan. De Lattre comes home and dies two months later, just after being raised to the rank of Marshal. -
Politicial,Military:The French Withdrawl.
The French took themselves out or withdrew from Hoa Binh back to the De Lattre Line accompanied by a 30,000 round artillery barrage. Casualties for each side went over 5000 during the Black River fights. -
Politicial: Dwight D. Eisenhower elected President
Dwight D. Eisenhower, is inaugurated as the 34th U.S. President. -
Military:French Soldiers Surrender
At 5:30 pm 10,000 French soldiers surrender at Dien Bien Phu. An estimated 8000 Viet Minh and 1500 French have passed on. The French survivors are marched for up to 60 days to prison camps 500 hundred miles away. Almost half die during the march or are imprisoned. -
Politicial:Accepting help from Soviets
Ho Chi Minh visits Moscow and says he will accept Soviet aid. -
Military:French is gone
The last French soldier leaves South Vietnam. The French search for Indochina is then gone. -
Military:Command Structure
A directed command structure is created by Communists in the Mekong Delta where 37 armed companies are being put into place. -
Military:The armed revolution begins
Ho Chi Minh declares a Peoples War to come together with all of Vietnam under his leadership."His Politburo now orders a changeover to an all-out military struggle." Then the Second Indochina War begins. -
Military:Guerillas in South Vietnam
The National Liberation Front is established by Hanoi as its Communist political organization for Viet Cong guerrillas in South Vietnam. -
Politicial:JFK
John Fitzgerald Kennedy is inaugurated as the 35th U.S. "President and declares "...we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to insure the survival and the success of liberty." Privately, outgoing President Eisenhower tells him "I think you're going to have to send troops..." to Southeast Asia." -
Protest: Press Conference
During a conference, President Kennedy was asked a question if any Americans in Vietnam are fighting at the moment. "No," the hesaid without another comment. -
Politicial:Heating up in the white house
President Kennedy and aides start the beginning of the three days of huge nerver racking discussions over whether the U.S. should in fact support the military coup against Diem. -
Military: Viet Cong attacking
Viet Cong guerrillas put the milltary under attack at the U.S. military compound at Pleiku in the Central Highlands, which killed eight Americans, hurting 126 and destroying ten aircrafts -
Protest: Hippies
The hippies protested the Vietnam War. They wanted a Utopia, in other words a Perfect world with peace and love. They lived free spirited lifestyles and were completely opposed to what was going on at the time. -
Protest: Kent State Massacre
Four students at Kent State University, two of them women, were shot to death this afternoon by a volley of National Guard gunfire. At least 8 other students were wounded.
