Veitnam

Vietnam War

By hallsdemo
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    France invades Vietnam and makes Vietnam a colony

    france invades vietnam

  • japan invades vietnam

    japan invades vietnam
    japan invades vietnam!!!!!!!!

  • Ho Chi Minh helps found the Indochinese Communist Party.

    Ho Chi Minh helps found the Indochinese Communist Party.
    ho chi minh found the communist party

  • North Vietnamese attack two U.S. destroyers sitting in international waters (the Gulf of Tonkin Incident).

    North Vietnamese attack two U.S. destroyers sitting in international waters (the Gulf of Tonkin Incident).
    vietnamese attack U.S destoyers

  • South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem is executed during a coup.

    a coup goes wrong and ngo diinh diem is executed

  • U.S bombs north Vietnam in Operation Rolling Thunder

    U.S bombs north Vietnam in Operation Rolling Thunder
    A sustained U.S. aerial bombing campaign of North Vietnam begins (Operation Rolling Thunder).

  • The first U.S. combat troops arrive in Vietnam

    The first U.S. combat troops arrive in Vietnam
    combat troops show up in vietnam

  • Communist revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh dies at age 79.

    Ho Chi Minh dies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Nixon Attacks

    Nixon Attacks
    President Nixon announces that U.S. troops will attack enemy locations in Cambodia. This news sparks nationwide protests, especially on college campuses.

  • The big memorial

    The big memorial
    The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. is dedicated.

  • the 17th parallel attack

    the 17th parallel attack
    The North Vietnamese cross the demilitarized zone (DMZ) at the 17th parallel to attack South Vietnam in what became known as the Easter Offensive.