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Starvation
In the winter of 1944 two million Vietnamese died of starvation because o the starvation policy of French. The French siezed and stored all avaliable rice until it rotted. -
Starvation
In the spring of 1945 two million Vietnamese died of starvation because of the starvation policy of French -
Japan leaves Indochina
Japan is defeated and was forced to leave Indichina. It was the former French colony that was occupied at the start of the war. -
The French bombarded Haiphong
The French bombarded Haiphong, a port in northern Vietnam. It began the eight- year war between the Vietminh movement and the French over who would rule Vietnam -
The French unable to win
The French were unable to win the Vietnamese popular support, which was overwhelmingly behind Ho Chi Minh and the revolutionary movement. -
Buddhist Monk
A Buddhist monk sat down in the public square in Saigon and set himself on fire. -
Bombs
May 1964 through September 1969; over 75,000 tons of bombs were on the ground of Plain of Jars. Thousands were killed and wounded. Tens of thousands were driven underground and the entire above- ground society was leveled. -
"We Won't Go"
Asearly as May 1964 the slogan "We Won't Go" was widely publicized. Some who had registered began publiclly buring their draft cards to protest the war. -
Soliders sent to VIetnam
Over 200,000 Amaerican soliders were sent to South Vietnam, and in 1966, 200,000. -
Protesting
In October 1967 there were organized draft-card "turnins" all over the world. -
American Soldiers went into the Hamlet
A company of American soldiers went into the hamlet of My Lai4, in Quang Ngai province. They rounded up old people and women with infants in their arms. The soldiers ordered everyone into a ditch and they were all shot by the soldiers. -
Richard Nixon
In the fall of 1968, Richard Nixon, pledging that he would get the United States out of Vietnam, was elected president. HE began to with draw troops; by Febraury 1972, less than 150,000 were left. But the bombings still continued. -
Protesting War in Boston
On October 15, 1969, the number of people assembled on the Boston Common to protest the war, was 100,000. -
Selective Service System
In the first quarter of 1970 the Selective Service System , for the first time, could not meet its quota. -
Antiwar
By September 1970, noth groups were more antiwar: 47 percent of the college students were for withdrawl and 61 percent of the grade school graduates. -
Bombs dropped on Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam
In 1971 800,000 tons of bombs were dropped on Laos, Camdodia, and Vietnam. -
Protesting in Washington
In 1971, twenty thousand came to Washington to commit civil disobedience, trying to tie up Washington traffic to express their revulsion against the killing still going on in Vietnam. -
B-52 pilots
Around Christmas 1972 came the first defiance of B-52 pilots we refused to fly those missions. -
Discharges
In the year 1973, one of every five discharges was "less than honorable," indicating something less than dutiful obedience to the military. Deserters doubled from 47,000 in 1967 to 89,000 in 1971 -
No victory
In the fall of 1973, with no victory in sight and North Vietnamese troops entrenched in various parts of the South, the United States agreed to accept a settlement that would withdraw American troops and leave the revolutionary troops where they were. -
WIthdrawing Forces
The United States withdrew its forces, continuing to give aid to the Saigon government, but when North Vietnamese launched attacks in early 1975 againist the major cities in South Vietnamese, the governement colapsed.
