Vietnam Timeline

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    Eisenhower's Administration

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    Battle of Dien Bien Phu

    Battle of the first Indochina war between France, America, Vietnam, and China
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    Geneva Accords

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    Kennedy's Administration

    Gave troops authorization to be sent to South Vietnam and authorized the Bay of Pigs attack
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    Johnson's Administration

  • Gulf of Tonkin

    An unprovoked attack by North Vietnam that destroyed two United States destroyers
  • Tonkin Resolution

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    Vietnamization

    The policy of slowly removing United States troops and aid until the war was solely on South Vietnam's shoulders
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    Tet Offensive

    Attacks by North Vietnam which collapsed rebellions in South Vietnam which made the U.S. back down
  • My Lai Massacre

    The mass murder of Vietnamese on United States ships
  • Daniel Ellsberg

    Contributor of the Pentagon Papers who tried to get them to be released onto the Senate floor
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    Nixon's Administration

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    Invasion of Cambodia

    Series of military campaigns in Cambodia by the United States to take out Viet Cong bases in Cambodia
  • Pentagon Papers

    Leaked reports of the DoD's plans for Vietnam
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    Christmas Bombing

  • Paris Peace Conference/Accords

    A written agreement to end the Vietnam War
  • War Powers Act

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    Ford's Administration

    Was president during the end of the Vietnam War after the fall of Saigon
  • Fall of Saigon