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the begining of conflict
at the begining of the vietnam war the u.s pledged to support the south. U.S was hoping to end comunism by winning the war. We also beleived in the domino theory. -
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eisenhower cites the domino theory
the domino theory was the theory that if one of the nations fell to communism then the other countries would follow. -
indochina war
During the era of conquest in East Asia, France focused on the fortune withheld in Indochina. The French had been in the area for centuries, yet policies changed when other Western European nations began to colonize and claim their own pieces of Asia -
campaign of terror aginst villages controlled by deim
During the Second Indochina War, better known as the Vietnam War, a distinctive land warfare strategy and organization was used by the Main Force of the People's Liberation Armed Forces (better known as the Viet Cong or VC in the West) and the NVA (North Vietnamese Army/People's Army-Vietnam) to defeat their American and South Vietnamese opponents. -
vietcong formed
Communist-led army and guerrilla force in South Vietnam that fought its government and was supported by North Vietnam. -
U.S. MIlitary begins using agent orange
u.s millitary uses a chemical to kill off the vegitation. used to give ammericans better oerspective. -
gulf of tonkin
Tonkin Incident (Vietnamese: also known as the USS Maddox Incident, is the name given to two separate confrontations involving North Vietnam and the United States in the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin. -
first u.s ground troops sent to vietnam
In response to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident of August 2 and 4, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson, per the authority given to him by Congress in the subsequent Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, decided to escalate the Vietnam Conflict by sending U.S. ground troops to Vietnam -
U.S. arial Bomning - operation rolling thunder
us started to bomb cambodia in order to try to get the nort to surrender. they bombed the norths baaces -
tet offensive
was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War, launched on January 30, 1968 by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army against the forces of South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies. It was a campaign of surprise attacks against military and civilian commands and control centers throughout South Vietnam. -
policy of "vietnamization" announced
was a policy of the Richard Nixon administration during the Vietnam War to end the U.S.' involvement in the war and "expand, equip, and train South Vietnam's forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops". -
kent state incident
occurred at Kent State University in the US city of Kent, Ohio, and involved the shooting of unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard -
watergate scandle
the water gate scandle was when nixon used other people to spy on the democrats so he could see their election plans. he was eventually about to get immpeached so he just resigned. -
u.s troops withdraw from vietnam
agent orange viedo american troops withdrew from vietnam but were not welcomed back very nicley
