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During the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, France appealed to the United States for military support. America channeled aid to South Vietnam in different ways. In 1954, the United States and seven other countries formed the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO). -
Khrushchev wanted to sign a peace treaty that would put the western zones of Berlin under control of East Germany. this is significant because of this the berlin wall was made that would divide soviet controlled east berlin from democratic west berlin -
Thousands of wealthy and middle-class Cubans fled their country, many settling in Miami and southern Florida. Proud of their heritage and deeply anticommunist, they made new lives for themselves and their families in the United States. this is significant because many cubans served in the vietnam war -
The first U.S. soldiers are killed in South Vietnam when guerrillas raid their living quarters near Saigon. -
Kennedy argued that during the Eisenhower years America had lost ground in the Cold War struggle against communism. this is significant because this build up the nation’s armed forces. -
the United States established a new line of defense against communism in Vietnam. America’s involvement in Vietnam had roots in European colonialism, Cold War politics, and Vietnamese calls for national independence. -
President Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president. -
it was an international confrontation that led to the United States engaging more directly in the Vietnam War. this is significant because it allowed for "all necessary measures to repel an armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further agression. -
President Johnson calls for 50,000 more ground troops to be sent to Vietnam, increasing the draft to 35,000 each month. -
American aircraft attack targets in Hanoi and Haiphong in raids that are among the first such attacks on cities in North Vietnam. -
timeline leading to the vietnam war