-
The First War in Indochina
Vo Nguyen Giap overrun the French base at Dien Bien Phu. The stunning victory by Vietnamese forces brings an end to nearly a century of French colonial rule in Indochina. -
Geneva Accords
The Geneva Accords effectively divided Vietnam into two at the 17th parallel. -
Buddhist Protests
In the spring of 1963, South Vietnamese forces suppressed Buddhist religious leaders and followers, which led to a political crisis for the government of President Ngo Dinh Diem which caused them to protest. -
Ngo Dinh Diem is Assassinated
Ngo Dinh Diem is assassinated by his own generals as part of a coup d’état that is carried out with the tacit support of U.S. officials. -
US Entered Vietnam War
On March 1965 Johnson made the decision with the support from the American public to send U.S combat forces into battle in Vietnam. -
The Battle of Albany
The battle at Albany was one of the worst defeats of an American battalion in the entire Vietnam war. -
The Battle of the Ia Drang Valley
The Battle of the Ia Drang Valley was the first major engagement between regular U.S. Army forces and the People's Army of Vietnam -
My Lai
As many as 500 unarmed villagers are killed by U.S. Army troops in the hamlet of My Lai. Groups of women, children, and elderly men are shot at close range. -
United States Protests
Millions of people across the United States take to the streets to protest the continued U.S. involvement in Vietnam. The antiwar demonstrations represent the largest public protests in U.S. history to date. -
Vietnam Peace Agreement
It establish peace in Vietnam and end the Vietnam War. The treaty included the governments of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, the Republic of Vietnam, and the United States, as well as the Republic of South Vietnam that represented indigenous South Vietnamese revolutionaries.