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French invade Vietnam
The French invaded indochina with intentions of making a profit. The French used the citizens for free plantation labour. They followed this with heavy taxes on the vietnamese and monopolies on their goods. -
Rise of communism
Ho Chi Minh helps found the Indochinese Communist Party. -
Vietcong
The North vietnamese form the militant group the "Vietcong". (communist vietnam). The Vietcong were very effective, mainly due to the fact that you could not tell a civilian from a militant. -
President Ngo Dinh Diem executed
South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem is executed during a coup. The assassination was backed by the united states. more correctly it was not stopped by the U.S. -
End of the War
The end of the war could not come sooner for Americs. We hemorrhaged money during the war and lost more troops than ever recorded. The war continued for another 2 years, America left Vietnam kind of high and dry. -
Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution
North Vietnamese attack two U.S. destroyers sitting in international waters. President Johnson sent the north Vietnamense a warning letter that stated if there were any more unprovoked military attacks the U.S. will declare war. -
Official Announcement
J.F.K. Made the official announcement that the U.S. will be supporting the S. Vietnamese in The war against communism. This was important because it marked the "official" start of the war in vietnam. -
President Kennedy's assassination
J.F.K was shot and L.B.J was moved up from V.P. to P. This was a difficult Time for this to happen, we are escalating in vietnam and the Civil Rights movement is in full swing. -
Rolling thunder
The United states starts bombing north vietnam strategicaly. This was not extremly effective becauee the viet cong developed an underground series of tunnels to move and hide from bombs. -
Full Blown War
By the end of 1968 U.S. troops in Vietnam totaled 535,100. and there were 600,000 VC and north Vietnamese troops -
Students killed in Demonstration
The National Guard fired on students at Kent State University, killing 4 and wounding 9 people. The Students were protesting exactly what happened that day. The Deaths of innocent people. This sparked mass protests accross the country. The government lost almost all support that it had from it's citizens in that moment.
