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Creation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh was the leader of the Vietnamese independence movement against the French and later against the United States. He returned home from France to fight against the Japanese occupation during World War II and later to lead the resistance to the French. He allied himself with the promise of the American and French revolutions. -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
The Viet Minh victory at Dien Bien Phu marked the end of French colonial rule in Indochina and paved the way for the division of Vietnam at the 17th parallel at the Geneva Conference. -
17th parallel
It is a coordinate that crosses Africa, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, Central America, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic Ocean. But in Vietnam it was the provisional military demarcation line between North and South Vietnam established by the Geneva Accords signed in 1954. -
National Liberation Front
The National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam, also known as the Vietcong, was a mass armed communist organization in South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Founded on December 20, 1960 for the purpose of "the unification of Vietnam and the overthrow of the US-backed government of South Vietnam." -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
In 1964 American destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin radioed to Allied troops that they had been attacked by North Vietnamese forces. In response to this, President Johnson asked the US Congress for permission to increase their military presence in Indochina. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling Thunder was a military operation carried out by the United States Armed Forces during the Vietnam War. With the aim of forcing Ho Chi Minh to abandon his ambition to seize South Vietnam through frequent bombing. -
US combat troops arrive in Vietnam
On March 8, 1965, 3,500 US Marines arrived in Da Nang, this was the first wave of many US combat troops in South Vietnam. -
Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive was a military operation planned and executed by the North Vietnamese Army and the Vietcong in 1968 against Allied forces during the Vietnam War. There were simultaneous attacks by some 85,000 troops under the direction of the North Vietnamese government. Affecting hundreds of Vietnamese cities and towns. -
My Lai Massacre
It was one of the massacres of unarmed South Vietnamese civilians by US troops in South Vietnam -
1968 Democratic National Convention
There were a number of protest activities against the Vietnam War that took place during the Democratic National Convention in 1968. The activists had their own presidential nominating convention with their candidate "Pigasus," a real pig. -
1968 Presidential Election
In the presidential election, Republican Richard Nixon defeated Democrat Hubert Humphrey. Nixon won the popular vote by less than one point. -
Tinker v. Des Moines
A pesar de las advertencias del director sobre las consecuencias de protestar en el ambiente escolar, algunos estudiantes lo ignoraron y fueron suspendidos. Durante su suspensión, los padres de los estudiantes demandaron a la escuela por violar el derecho de sus hijos a la libertad de expresión. La mayoría de la Corte Suprema dictaminó que ni los estudiantes ni los maestros “perdieron sus derechos constitucionales a la libertad de expresión en la puerta de la escuela”. -
Woodstock 1969
In 1969, many young people opposed the Vietnam War. It was also the era of the civil rights movement, a period of great protest. Woodstock was an opportunity for people to escape to the music and spread a message of unity, love and peace. -
Kent State University Protest
Four Kent State University students were killed and nine wounded on May 4, 1970, when the Ohio National Guard opened fire on a crowd protesting the Vietnam War. Following the event, a student-led strike forced the temporary closure of colleges and universities across the country. -
Jackson State College Protest
In 1970, a police officer opened fire on students at a protest of the Cambodian invasion during the Vietnam War at Jackson State College in Mississippi. Twelve students were injured and two died. -
Watergate Scandal
The scandal arose from Nixon's attempts to cover up his involvement in the break-in at the Democratic National Committee's headquarters in the Watergate Office Building in Washington, D.C. -
1973 Paris Peace Accords
The Paris Peace Accords end the United States' combat in the Vietnam War. After four years of negotiations, with the intention of establishing peace in Vietnam and ending the war, the Accords were signed by the United States and North and South Vietnam. -
United States vs. Nixon
It was a landmark Supreme Court case ending against President Nixon, who ordered him to turn over tape recordings and other materials to a federal district court. -
Fall of Saigon
The South Vietnamese capital, Saigon, was plunged into defeat by the North Vietnamese army, ending the Vietnam War. The US days before, managed to evacuate hundreds of people from southern Vietnan. -
Pentagon Papers
The Pentagon Papers revealed in 2011, showed how the US had bombing Cambodia and Laos, and several Marine Corps attacks, that none of them had been reported by the media in Ameria.