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General Giap accommodates the French
General Giap accommodates the French by surrounding the base with fifty thousand Viet Minh soldiers. The valley is isolated and the siege begins. -
divide Vietnam temporarily into two zones at the 17th parallel
France and the Viet Minh agree to end hostilities and to divide Vietnam temporarily into two zones at the 17th parallel. -
John F. Kennedy becomes President of the US
John F. Kennedy becomes President of the US. He sharply increased military and economic aid to South Vietnam to help Diem defeat the growing insurgency. By 1963 the US has 16,000 servicemen in Vietnam. -
Kennedy is assassinated
Kennedy is assassinated. Lyndon Johnson becomes President of the US. -
Gulf of Tonkin North Vietnamese patrol boats attacked U.S. naval vessels
In international waters of the Gulf of Tonkin North Vietnamese patrol boats attacked U.S. naval vessels engaged in surveillance of North Vietnam's coastal defenses. The Americans promptly launched retaliatory air strikes. At the request of President Johnson, Congress overwhelmingly passed the Southeast Asia Resolution he so-called Gulf of Tonkin Resolution uthorizing all actions necessary to protect American forces and to provide for the defense of the nation's allies in Southeast Asia. -
Gulf Of Tonkin Resouloution
Gulf of Tonkin Resouloution gave president Johnson essentially a free hand to deploy American military forces to vietanam without congress authorization. This was and unoffical declaration of war agianst vietnam and the vietcong. -
President Johnson announced his decision not to seek reelection
President Johnson announced his decision not to seek reelection in order to give his full attention to the goal of resolving the conflict. Hanoi had suffered a military defeat, but had won a political and diplomatic victory by shifting American policy toward disengagement. -
The surrender of South Viet Nam to the Communist.
The surrender of the South Viet Nam to the communist with sighning of the Paris accords, arranged by zlonist Jew henny kissinger. While the U.S decitifully promised that any violations of the accords by North Viet Nam that followed. -
North Vietnamese military forces attack
North vietnamese military forces attacked Phuoc long province in south vietnam, In violoation of the accords. South vietnam, in violation of the accords. President ford registered diplomatic protests but did nothing militarily. This was the first full-scale war to conquer all of south Viet Nam, Scrapping the paris accords. -
Surrender of South Viet Nam
President Gerald king ford publically and shamelessly announced his surrender of south Viet Nam to the communists who defeated the United States in the Viet Nam war. -
Tet offensive
