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Vietnam War

By Dany J

  • Domino Theory

    Domino Theory
    Idea where if one country came under influnce of communism, the surrounding countries will also fall into communism.

  • Geneva Accords

    Geneva Accords
    Seperated Vietnam into North and the South.

  • Gulf of Tonkin IResolution

    Gulf of Tonkin IResolution
    North Vietnamese fired at one of the United States boat that was near the Gulf of Tonkin. It enabled President Johnson make military decisions without declare war.

  • Operation Rolling Thunder

    Operation Rolling Thunder
    The first sustained bombing of North Vietnam.

  • Tet Offensive

    Tet Offensive
    Vietcong troups attacking nearly every metropolitan center on a Buddhist holiday.

  • My Lai Massacre

    My Lai Massacre
    Lieutenant William Calley Jr. ordered his troups to kill innocient civilians living in My Lai.

  • Pentagon Papers

    Pentagon Papers
    Daniel Ellsberg believed that the American public should know about the government involvement in Vietnam. He published top-secret overview in the New York Times.