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Ho Chi Minh is born
Minh was banished from Vietnam and went to Russia to study communism. This is important to the Vietnam war because he made the communist party Vietminh in North Vietnam -
Vietnam declares independence from France, but neither France nor the United States recognize Vietnam as a separate nation.
The North Vietnam responds by attacking the French in Dien Bien Phu. They end up defeating the French. And then they send more troops into South Vietnam -
The first combat troops arrive in Vietnam
The U.S. first sent military advisers to Vietnam in July of 1950. This is important to the Vietnam War because it meant that the U.S. was starting to get involved in this war -
President Eisenhower declares "Domino Theory"
The idea behind the "Domino Theory" was that if one country fell to communism then the boarding countries would as well. Eisenhower thought that is Vietnam fell to communism then so would other southwest Asian country as well. This is important to the Vietnam War because the fear of communism spreading and becoming world wide is why the U.S. became involved in the the war in the first place. -
The Geneva Accords cause Vietnam to be split into North and South
The Country was divided at the 17th parallel. This is important because this caused the North communist Vietnam and the South non-communist Vietnam -
Ngo Dinh Diem cancels elections in Vietnam
He canceled the elections because he knew that he was going to lose and he didn't want Vietnam to become a communist nation. The election was going to be over Diem's rule or Minh's rule. This is important to the Vietnam war because it shows that the most of the population would have wanted and voted for a communist nation. -
The Viet Minh and Ho Chi Minh defeat the French at Dien Bien Phu
The US response to this was to send aid to the people in South Vietnam and to send the first Military advisers to North Vietnam. This is important because this was when the US first started to get involved in the Vietnam War -
The national Liberation Front is formed
They were known as the Vietminh. They occupied south Vietnam. This is important because they wanted to overthrow the south Vietnamese government and reunify the north and south Vietnam into a communist nation. -
A south Vietnamese monk sets himself on fire.
This man was apart of the Buddhist religion. He set himself on fire as a protest against the South Vietnam rule of Ngo Dinh Diem who was killing people who were not apart of the catholic religion. This was important to the Vietnam War because it showed that even though The U.S. thought that the Communist North were the problem in Vietnam it was also the South as well. -
The United States withdraws support of Ngo Dinh Diem, Leader of South Vietnam
Ngo Dinh Diem was assassinated by the U.S. after the stop supporting him. They did this because they saw him as a threat to his own country. This is important because it meant that the U.S. had stop giving support to the non-communist. -
Pr. JFK was assassinated leading to the pr. of LBJ
After JFK's assassination President LBJ sent more troops to Vietnam. Some say if JFK would had lived he would have taken troops out of Vietnam rather than sending more. This is important to the Vietnam war because it lead to more U.S. involvement in Vietnam. -
President Johnson claims a U.S. ship had been fired upon by the North Vietnamese.
The U.S.S. Maddox was fired upon by the North Vietnamese. This cause President Johnson request that there was more u.s. military presence in Indochina. This is important to the Vietnam War because it was when the U.S. first started to get involved in Vietnam
