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American combatant advisors arrive in Vietnam
Truman administration sends advisors to South Vietnam for diplomatic relationship. It gives financial aid to France who see Viet Minh as a threat to democracy in South Vietnam. North Vietnam's communist sympathy poses a risk to Southern French colony and the United States itself. -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu defeats French forces
Vietnamese forces rage with French troops for 55 days. French commanders orders his troops to resurrect them by suspension. But Vietnamese shattered their forces although large losses were incurred by the French army. This led to fallout of French colonial regime in Vietnam. -
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Vietnam War Starts
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
President Johnson signs the Resolution, four days after the U.S.S. Maddox incident. He pledge to control whatever necessary to defend southeast Asia. The Resolution would ultimately take control of the situation in Vietnam. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
President Johnson launches an Operation Rolling Thunder lasting 3 years. This was a bombing raid assault used to target military bases in North Vietnam. It was intended to show U.S. expansion in North Vietnam as involvement to pro-Soviet policy containment. -
Tet Offensive
This was Viet-communist offensive that initiated mass campaign of more than 80,000 Viet Cong fighters. This assault was a turning tide to the Vietnam War and it marked the gradual defeat of American army and South Vietnam. -
Fall of Saigon
The last city still under control by South Vietnamese, is defeated by communist forces entering the gates surrounding the capitol. This shoved final round of defeat for Americans and ended the Second Indochina War with millions of South Vietnamese soldiers more than 100,000 civilians dead.