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Northern Vietnamese invasion of Laos
Norh Vietnam invade Laos in order to establish an invasion route to South Vietnam -
The national liberation front is formed in south vietnam(NLF, Vietcong)
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LBJ visits saigon Vietnam
LBJ visists Ngo Dinh Diem and declares him an ally of the U.S. -
Kennedy's "Line in the sand"
In order to preserve U.S. Credibility and claim a victory over communism, Kennedy decides to aid Northern Vietnam in communist resistance -
Sabotage
U.S. employs a herbicide, agent ornage, to render roads in vietnam useless -
Vietcong victory
Vietcong forces defeat a much larger southern vietnam force which suggested that Ngo Dinh Diem was incompetent -
Brutality against buddhists
Southern Vietnamese soldiers fire upon Buddhist as a result of government policies -
Suicidal Demonstrations
Buddhist monks held demonstrations of self immolations in South Vietnam. U.S. starts do separate itself from Diem. -
AVRN Pagoda Raids
AVRN forces, loyal to Diem, raided Buddhist Pagodas, killing hundreds -
Disengagement
John Kennedy withdraws 1,000 troops from vietnam -
execution
The united states "allows" Ngo Dinh Diem to be executed in a coup along with his brother -
LBJ Presidency
LBJ is elected president -
LBJ expands the war
LBJ overturns Kennedy's withdrawl policy by expanding the war -
LBJ Covert Ops
Johnson sanctions covert operations to sabotage an already weak southern vietnam economy and to secure northern vietnam -
Increasing Military
By the end of 1963, there are 16,000 military personel in vietnam -
VC intel
U.S. and South Vietnam forces learn of a Vietcong attack and desperately need forces to fend off the incoming attack -
Increasing forces
5,000 troops are sent to vietnam -
Gulf of Tonkin
Hostile Northern Vietnam forces attack U.S. ships sitting in the Gulf of Tonkin -
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Winter offensive
Vietcong organized attacks on Vietnam which lead to over 200 U.S. casualties -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Sustained bombing of North Vietnam started by america -
Landing
U.S. troops land in Vietnam -
Debate
A war debate is held in Washington D.C. with Radio and T.V. coverage -
Sit-in
The first sit in of the war takes place at the university of michigan -
Johnson's speech
Johnson offered economic aid to northern vietnam if military action was halted -
Break-in
Anti- U.S. demonstration leads to Break in at the U.S. embassy in Budapest Hungary -
Battle of Song Be
Rendered 2 South Vetnam batallions inneffective -
Berkely
30,000 people attend a teach in at berkely -
7th airborne battalion destroyed
Vietcong attack neutralizes the best airborne batallion in South Vietnam -
Escalation
LBJ makes the decision to escalate the Vietnam war -
Police threats
Protesters in Oakland, California end a protest in order to avoid confrontation with the police -
Operation Starlight
The first major military action by the U.S. when over 5,000 marines destroyed a Vietcong base -
Cease-fire
Non communist forces held a 3 and a half day ceasefire as part as a physchological warfare tactic -
Operation White Wing
U.S. soldiers and Vietnamese soldiers combine to launch several succesful search and destroy missions in amphibious missions as well as ground missions -
Draftcard Burning
In a new york Protest 200 draft cards are burned -
Spring Mobilization Comitee to end the War in Vietnam
300,000 people protest in New York and California -
Battle of Que son
114 U.S. soldiers are killed in Que Son valley -
Communist forces weakening
It is announced that communist are no longer able to compose a significant offense to combat non-communist forces -
Tet Offensive
North Vietnamese and Vietcong combine to attack South vietnamese towns/cities -
U.S. brutality
U.S. soldiers attack civilians in the town of Mai Lai -
Johnson's announcement
Johnson announces that he is stepping down as president and not running for re-election -
peace talks
Paris Peace accord talks begin -
Nixon elected
Richard Nixon is elected president -
Rising U.S. occupation
over half a million soldiers in Vietnam -
Cambodian bombings
The U.S. secretly starts bombing cambodia -
Withdrawl
President Nixon begins the withdrawl of U.S. troops -
Protest
The largest anti-war demonstration takes place in Washington D.C. -
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh a key figure in the Vietcong dies at age 79 in Hanoi, Vietnam -
Cambodia
US troops enter Cambodia under President Nixon's orders -
Kent State
4 students are killed protesting the Vietnam War -
Laos
The united states invaded Laos as a strategic cover for the withdrawl of U.S. forces -
Eastern Offensive
Northern Vietnamese forces attack Southern Vietnam -
Paris Peace Accords
The Paris Peace Accords are signed which ends U.S. involvement and a temporary stop to the fighting between North and South Vietnam -
Assault
Northern Vietnam Launches an series of attacks on South Vietnam -
Surrender
South Vietnam Surrenders after Northern Vietnamese forces capture Saigon, Vietnam -
Unification
The socialist republic of vietnam is formed