4watersvietnam

By taz

  • 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.