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Vietnam Declares Independence
Ho Chi Minh has declared independence from France. It was important to American History because it was the beginning of war. The United States got involved and suffered greatly. Google -
Establishment of Viet Cong
A political group was fighting against the goverment in South Vietnam began formally calling themselves Viet Cong. The US ended up fighting the Viet Cong throughout the entire Vietnam War. Many of the soldiers were recruited back but the rest were attached to the people's Army of Vietnam. -
Battle of Ap Bac
This was the first major battle that the war had ended of january 2, 1963. It's very important to the American history because the US aided South Vietnam in the battle. Then the US had began to become more invested int he war. google -
Battle of Bien Hoa
Bien Hoa is located about 20 miles north of Saigon on the Dong Nai River. Early in the war, the United States constructed a large airfield and military headquarters just outside Bien Hoa. On November 1, 1964, the Vietcong attacked the airfield. -
Camp Holloway Attack
About 300 Viet Cong soldiers attacked the US base at camp holloway. It caused President Johnson to respond to the operation Flaming Dart attack on Viet Cong, which was not nearly as influential as he was hoping it could be. The camp holloway attack also lead to further US involvement in the vietnam war. -
Battle of Ba Gia
Over 1000 vietcong attack three battalions of South Vietnamese troops. The Vietcong were forced to retreat when the US responded with napalm and rocket fire. There were 915 wounded or killed and 270 captured. -
Battle of Dong Xoai
Approximately 1,500 Vietcong guerrillas, armed with AK-47 rifles, grenades, and flamethrowers, attacked the camp early in the morning of June 10, 1965. At the end of this day, 20 American soldiers were killed or wounded.Around 200 Vietnamese civilians and soldiers, -
Battle of Loc Ninh
General Vo Nguyen Giap attacked isolated American outposts. Loc Ninh was a military outpost defended by three Civilian Irregular Defense Group companies, a company of Regional Forces, and a Popular Forces platoon. On October 29, 1967, two regiments of the 9th Vietcong Division came out of their base in Cambodia and attacked the base at Loc Ninh. -
Battle of Khe Sanh
The marines awaiting the NVA were constantly bombarded by artillery. Although the attack never came on Khe Sanh. This attack was expected but they were incorrect on their assumption. -
Tet Offensive
North Vietnamese ary surprise attaced the South on Lunar new year celebration. The US and South vietnamese sustained heavy losses before fighting off the communist assault. The Tet Offensive played an important role in weakening the US public support for the war in vietnam. google -
Battle of Dong Ha
The North Vietnamese Army with 8000 troops attaced Dong Ha and fought an allied force of 5000 marines and South Vietnamese soldiers. The North Vietnamese left 865 dead while retreating. Then the Americans had only lost 68. -
Hamburger Hill
The enemy losses were much higher than American causualties. So the enemy had decided to end the battle by retreating without pursuit by American forces. The battlefield was abandoned shortly after the end of hostilities -
Eastertide Offensive
The North Vietnamese divisions, with T-54 Soviet tanks, attacked accross the Demilitarized Zone and along Highway 9 with Hue as there objective. Three more North Vietnamese divisions attacked BInhlong province. They captured Loc Ninh, and surrounded an Loc. -
Battle of Hue
This was one of the major cities in Vietnam. There was a battle around the city in an attemt for both the South Vietnam army and The Army of the Republic of Viet Nam forces. There were confusing orders, in which the leader, Truong, oredered his forces to leave the city. -
End of Vietnam War
An cease fire agreement had been signed for the war to end. This alowed the US soldiers to go home and stop fighting in war. This had also lead to having the soldiers freed from prison. google
