Vietnam 1950-1975

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  • Truman send in 35-man military advisory

    President Truman sends in a 35-man military advisory group to help French fighting to keep colonial control in Vietnam.

  • Truman fires general MacArthur

    General MacArthur was going behind Trumans abck and making decisons witho ut first consulting him, mainly because MacArthur wanted to take things in to violent measures, when Truman did not.

  • the french met their match

    A force of 40,000 heavily armed Vietminh lay siege to the French garrison at Dienbienphu. Using Chinese artillery to shell the airstrip, the Vietminh make it impossible for French supplies to arrive by air.

  • Diem

    Diem Becomes President of Republic of Vietnam. Diem Urged to Negotiate with North.

  • u.s. training the vietnamese

    The U.S. Military Assistance Advisor Group (M.A.A.G.) assumes responsibility from the French for training South Vietnamese forces.

  • guerrillas assistance

    Communist insurgent activity in South Vietnam begins. Guerrillas assassinate more than 400 South Vietnamese officials. Thirty-seven armed companies are organized along the Mekong Delta.

  • The US has large amount of soldiers stationed in Vietnam.

    The US has stationed 525,000 men through out Vietnam

  • Vietcong becomes established.

    NLF AKA the Vietcong have established in South Vietnam.
    The Vietcong was a network of underground tunnels where they vietminh would station, and set booby traps and false tunnels to confuse the enemies, and also keep a low profile.

  • Diem is executed during a coup.

    South Vietnam's president Ngo Dinh Diem and his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu are arrested.

  • U.S. combat troops arrive in Vietnam.

    After the incident of the Gulf of Tonkin on August 2-4 1964, President Johnson makes the decision to speed up the U.S.'s involvment in the war by sending in troops.

  • Vietcong forces sweep down on key cities and provinces

    In a show of military might that catches the U.S. military off guard, North Vietnamese and Vietcong forces sweep down upon several key cities and provinces in South Vietnam, including its capital, Saigon. Within days, American forces turn back the onslaught and recapture most areas.

  • ho chi minh dies

    Ho Chi Minh Dies at Age 79. Massive Antiwar Demonstration in DC

  • Nixon announces that troops will attack enemy in Cambodia.

    After the announcement that U.S. troops will be attacking enemy stations in Cambodia, several protests uprise.

  • North and South Vietnam sign a cease fire treaty.

    The treaty was obviously meant to cease the Vietnam conflict, while the U.S. troops were withdrawln, the fight between the north and the south raged on until 1975 when the North overran the south.

  • South Vietnam surrender to communists.

    The north Vietnamese army over ran the Saigon, dispite the peace trety made just two years prior.