Dakotah's Vietnam

By afro

  • vietnam

    Japan invades Vietnam.

  • may 1941

    Ho Chi Minh establishes the Viet Minh (League for the Independence of Vietnam).

  • september 2 1945

    Ho Chi Minh declares an independent Vietnam, called the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.

  • january 1950

    The Viet Minh receive military advisors and weapons from China.

  • july 1950

    The United States pledges $15 million worth of military aid to France to help them fight in Vietnam.

  • october 1955

    South Vietnam declares itself the Republic of Vietnam, with newly elected Ngo Dinh Diem as president.

  • august 2nd and 4th 1964

    North Vietnamese attack two U.S. destroyers sitting in international waters (the Gulf of Tonkin Incident).

  • august 7th 1964

    In response to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, the U.S. Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.

  • march 2nd 1965

    A sustained U.S. aerial bombing campaign of North Vietnam begins (Operation Rolling Thunder).

  • march 8th 1965

    The first U.S. combat troops arrive in Vietnam.

  • march 16 1968

    U.S. soldiers kill hundreds of Vietnamese civilians in the town of Mai Lai.