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Viet Minh becomes Independent
In 1945 Viet Minh offically declared its independence. It happened shortly after the axis powers fell. The Viet Minh was the Communist Northern Side of Vietnam. The South side was controled by the French. The two would begin to battle over the whole area of Vietnam shortly after in a war that would last many years. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/vietnam-independence-proclaimed -
First Help Sent
In 1858 to 1884, Vietnam had been made a colony when France invaded them. Then in July of 1950, the U.S gave France $15 million worth of military aid to help them fight in VIetnam. -
The U.S Helicopters Shoot First
U.S. helicopters are ordered to shoot first before anyone. When they ecounter other forces, the U.S helicopters had to shoot down two Vietnamese Helicopters that carried Vietnamese troops. -
Tonkin Resolution
The president of the United States of America, president Johnson signed the Tonkin Resolution. The Tonkin Resolution allowed President Johnson to be able to use military troops. The troops could only be sent to Southeast Asia which is basically Vietnam. -
U.S. combat troops arrive in Vietnam
The U.S. sends combat troops to South Vietnam to help the south vietnamesse. This caused a lot reaction worldwide with the even the Soviet Union threating to fight with the communist Vietnamesse. This was the really a big part of the begining of the war. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-sends-first-combat-troops-to-south-vietnam -
Biggest Air Raid of the War
On 9/12/66 the U.S. launched its biggest air raid in Vietnam. Over 500 planes were used to target the North Vietnamesse. This was a turning point at the time for the U.S and south Vietnam effort. http://www.historycentral.com/Vietnam/heaviest.html -
Loss of Faith
After sending 500,000 soldiers and not achieving anything in the war, the United States decided to give up on the war. 15,058 soldiers were killed, and 109,527 soldiers were wounded with nothing really made in the Vietnam War. 25 billion dollars had been spent on the war with no positive results which made the military pull back 40,000 soldiers monthly. -
Tet Offensive
The North Vietnamesse and Viet Cong attack 100 cities in South Vietnam. The attack was went to capture the cities of the South weaken their armies, and get the U.S. to scale back troops. This was a tunning point in the war and the U.S. would slowly begin to remove troops from the area. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1vJqTN-qVI http://www.history.com/topics/tet-offensive -
My Lai Massacre
A mass murder of unarmed citizens and villagers in South Vietnam occured by US soilders. The killing was of Women, children and Men that day and 347 to 502 civilians were killed. Women were raped prior to their killing and children were given no mercy. Only three US sericemen tried to protect the wounded and were seen as Traitors and given hate mail till later on were awreward the Metal of Honor -
The Largest War Protest
More than 2 million people came to the capital to protest the war which was the largest in America history. More than 250,000 people spoke at the activities in Washington all of which was anti-war. All the people that were there wore black armbands as a silent protest to the war. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3u0DZ_NnXw http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/15/newsid_2533000/2533131.stm -
Kent State Shooting
On May 4th, 1970 students at Kent State University were protesting the war when things got out of hand. The Ohio National Guard fired shots into the crowd killing 4 students and wounding 9. All of this was over the Vietnam War which divided the nation on whether or not we should be a war. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OmZvyNrzAs
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Northern Vietnamesse Cross DMZ
The Northern Vietnamesse break the peace treaty and attack the southern vietnamesse. The passed the demilatarized zone at the 17th parallel to attack. They broke the treaty signed with United States. This event would be known as the Easter Offensive. http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1885.html -
Vietnam Peace Agreement
In 1973 the U.S. and Vietnam sign the Paris Peace Accords. In the treaty it stated all fighting will stop and all troops from the U.S. would be removed. It also stated that the U.S. cannot help supply the southern Vietnamese in their efforts. http://www.americanforeignrelations.com/O-W/The-Vietnam-War-and-Its-Impact-The-peace-agreement.html#b -
South Vietnam is Attacked
The North Vietnamese launched a massive full-scale assault on South Vietnam. The South Vietnamese Army tried to ask Washington D.C. for help, but President Nixon assured to help, but resigned after the Watergate scandal. Gerald Ford, the new president, asked for funds to aid the South Vietnamese, but Congress refused. -
The End Of The War
North Vietnam captured the city of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam and it fell under communist Rule. 58,132 American soilders died in the VIetnam War and 3 million came home alive.
