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Domino Theory Coined
President Dwight D. Eisenhower coins one of the most famous Cold War phrases when he suggests the fall of French Indochina to the communists could create a “domino” effect in Southeast Asia. -
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April 26, 1954
The Geneva Conference was a conference that was intended to settle outstanding issues resulting from the Korean War and the First Indochina War and involved several nations. -
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Assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem
In November of 1963, the president of South Vietnam was assassinated by a coup lead by General Dương Văn Minh. -
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. -
LBJ ordered 1st troops to Vietnam
Johnson also authorized the first of many deployments of regular ground combat troops to Vietnam to fight the Viet Cong in the countryside. -
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Paris Peace Accords
The secret negotiations took place over the course of five years in Paris, from 1968 to 1973, but it was only in the early 70's that any real progress was made. -
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Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive consisted of simultaneous attacks by some 85,000 troops under the direction of the North Vietnamese government. The attacks were carried out against five major South Vietnamese cities, military installations, and of towns and villages throughout South Vietnam. -
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My Lai Massacre
The My Lai Massacre was an incident that occurred when American soldiers killed more than 500 unarmed South Vietnamese citizens in the village of My Lai. -
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Nixon’s Vietnamization policy
Vietnamization was a policy of the Richard Nixon administration to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War through a program to "expand, equip, and train South Vietnamese forces -
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Nixon sends troops into Cambodia
When President Richard Nixon ordered U.S. ground troops to invade Cambodia on April 28, 1970, he waited two days to announce on national television the Cambodian incursion had begun. -
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Kent State Shooting
Four Kent State University students were killed and nine were injured on May 4, 1970, when members of the Ohio National Guard opened fire on a crowd gathered to protest the Vietnam War. -
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Hard Hat Riot
In response to flag desecration within the anti-war movement and perceived rejection of returning veteran, the Hard Hat Riot happened. -
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Nixon’s Christmas bombing
The U.S. acknowledged the loss of 16 B-52 bombers, while North Vietnam claimed 34 bombers shot down. -
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War Powers Act
It provides that the president can send the U.S. Armed Forces into action abroad only by declaration of war by Congress, "statutory authorization", or in case of "a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces". -
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Fall of Saigon
North Vietnamese troops captured Saigon, and the city was subsequently renamed Ho Chi Minh City