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communist party power china
Mao had declared the People’s Republic of China at the Gate of Heavenly Peace in Beijing. -
truman gave aid to French
United States military involvement in Vietnam begins as President Harry Truman authorizes $15 million in military aid to the French. -
CIA psychological warfare
"The planned use of propaganda and other psychological actions having the primary purpose of influencing the opinions, emotions, attitudes, and behavior of hostile foreign groups in such a way as to support the achievement of national objectives." -
Geneva Conference
A conference which took place in Geneva, Switzerland, whose purpose was to attempt to find a way to unify Korea and discuss the possibility of restoring peace in Indochina. -
elections in vietnam
In 1956, South Vietnam, with American backing, refused to hold the unification elections. -
Ho chi minh
Ho maintaned much influence in government. -
400 special operation forces
American helicopters arrive at docks in South Vietnam along with 400 U.S. personnel, who will fly and maintain the aircraft. -
Tonkin Resolution
The Tonkin Gulf Resolution is of historical significance because it gave U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson authorization, without a formal declaration of war by Congress, for the use of "conventional'' military force in Southeast Asia. -
china test atomic bomb
video596 is the codename of the People's Republic of China's first nuclear weapons test, detonated on October 16, 1964 at the Lop Nur test site. It was a uranium-235 implosion fission device and had a yield of 22 kilotons. With the test, China became the fifth nuclear power. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling Thunder was a frequently interrupted bombing campaign -
Sent marines to south vietnam
The White House confirms reports that, at the request of South Vietnam, the United States is sending two battalions of U.S. Marines for security work at the Da Nang air base -
United states went to war
Went to war! -
Tet Offensive
The purpose of the offensive was to utilize the element of surprise and strike military and civilian command and control centers throughout South Vietnam, during a period when no attacks were supposed to take place. -
US withdrawal of troops
Troops came home from war! -
Vietnamization
Vietnamization was a policy of the Richard M. Nixon administration during the Vietnam War, as a result of the Viet Cong's Tet Offensive, to "expand, equip, and train South Vietnam's forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops -
Kent State
Ohio National Guardsmen were on the Kent State college campus to maintain order during a student protest against the Vietnam War. For a still unknown reason, the National Guard suddenly fired upon the already dispersing crowd of student protesters, killing four and wounding nine others. -
26th Amendment
Voting age to 18. -
Parties in Vietnam War sign a cease fire-
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War Powers Act
a federal law intended to check the President's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of Congress. -
South Vietnam Surrendered
Surrendered
