introduction to Vietnam war

Ho Chi Minh is born

May 19, 1890

He was the former prime minister of Vietnam

Vietnam declares independence from France, but neither France nor the U.S. recognize Vietnam as a separate nation

Dec 19, 1945

Minh launched an attack on the French in Hanoi.

The Geneva Accords cause Vietnam to be split into North and South

1954

The 17th parallel was where the nation was divided.

Vietnam election is canceled

1954

He decided to cancel the election because he wanted to try and reunite them all under communism

President Eisenhower declares Domino Theory

Apr 7, 1954

The idea was to prevent communism from spreading.

Viet Minh and Ho Chi Minh defeat the French at Dien Bien Phu

May 7, 1954

Ho Chi Minh said that the North Vietnamese would never negotiate under the threat of bombing.

The National Liberation Front is formed

Dec 29, 1960

Replicated Minh's successes from French rule.

set to fire

1963

the Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk Thích Quang Duc burned himself to death at a busy intersection in Saigon. He was attempting to show that to fight all forms of oppression on equal terms, Buddhism too, needed to have its martyrs.

assassination of JFK

Nov 22, 1963

president John F. Kennedy was shot and killed while riding through town

U.S. ship was shot

Aug 4, 1964

president Johnson claims that north Vietnamese had shot upon one of the ships and because of this the U.S. got completely involved into the war

The first combat troops arrive in Vietnam

Mar 8, 1965

In September of 1950, was when the U.S. sent military advisers.

The U.S. withdraws support of Ngo Dinh Diem, leader of South Vietnam

Mar 29, 1973

Diem got captured and was later assassinated.