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Dien Bien Phu
the French command post at Dien Bien Phu gets occupied by vietnamese and the French commander comands his troops to stop fire. -
creation of the Ho Chi Minh trail
Group 559 makes a route along the Vietnamese and Cambodian border and it goes into Vietnam. -
US becomes actively involved
late 1961.
JFK orders more help for the South Vietnamese government for the war against the Vietcong guerrillas. U.S. backing is new equipment and more than 3,000 military advisors. -
Operation Rangeland
early 1962.the goal of rangeland is to clear vegetation alongside highways -
Gulf of Tonkin Attack
South Vietnamese attack two North Vietnamese islands in the Gulf of Tonkin. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
President Johnson gets the power to take whatever actions he wants to southeast Asia. -
Rolling Thunder Begins
its a bomb offensive. it forces North Vietnam to stop supporting Vietcong guerrillas in the South. -
US offers peace for economic aid proposal
its rejected so Johnson sends in more than 60,000 troops for vietnam -
President Johnson Commits over 60,000 troops to vietnam
U.S. offers North Vietnam economic aid for peace -
First Major Battle of Vietnam War for American Units
the US got victory for the first major battle of the vietnam war.