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Vietnam deeclares independence
Vietnam declared independence because the Japanese surrender during the world war two. Ho Chi Minh made the announcement. He said "All men are equal." The U.S. seem them like enemy becasue they are communist. -
U.S. military aid to Frebcg Indochina
The thousands of U.S. sodiler had already died in Korea trying to halt the spread of communism. They try to finish communism in this world, so they increase the military aid to French Inodchina. -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
The battle of war began at Fien Bien Phu, Viet Minh gives a surprise attack on a large French military base near mountains of nirthern Vietnam. What he really wanted was a commitment from Britain and other allies to take unified military action to stop communist expansion in Vietnam and elsewhere in Indochina. -
genera accord
The Viet minh wants get independence, but they are communism and the U.S. hates communism. The Diem was assassinated as he tried to flee saigon. -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
North Vietnam had been sending weapons and supplies south to the viet cong over the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Johnson tried to let them do more, and risk losing Vietnam to communism. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resoulution
The resoultion passed by congress in 1964 giving presiden Johson Broad powers to expan the U.S. role Vietnam. The president permission to expand the U.S role in the conflict. -
Doves "Argue against involevment"
The hawks was a man who against a policy of appeasement. They measure that the world war two will happpen again. There will be anotehr war like world war two. -
American war
The United State to launch search-and-destroy misions against the Viet Cong. From that time forward, the south Vietnamese would play suppoort role. This change in strategy represented the Americanization of the Vietnam War. As one of LBJ’s advisers, Horace Busby, put it, “This is no longer South Vietnam’s war. We are no longer advisers. The stakes are no longer South Vietnam’s. The war is ours.” -
Operation Rolling Thunder
The February bombing raid led to a seriss of massive air strikes calles Operation Rolling Thunder. The government wants to give Vietnam a punishment. U.S. decide began ivtensive bombing of the Ho chi minh. -
troops arrive in vietnam
President Johnson decided to send the troops to vietnam, marine arrived at beach near Da Nang, South Vietnam. This is first time U.S. set the troops in vietnam. The LBJ hide this secret from the American people, because they just finish a war. -
Hawks "Argue for Invlolement"
President Johnson believed in a limited war to secure South Vietnam’s independence. His foreign policy team debated what actions were necessary to reach that objective. -
peration starlife
The United State have approved the dispatch of 60,000 more combat troops. The United States, too, relied on ever-increasing numbers of ground troops to sweep through jungles and rice paddies and root out the enemy. By the end of 1965, U.S. combat soldiers numbered more than 184,000. That figure more than doubled in 1966, to 385,000. By late 1967, nearly half a million Americans were serving in Vietnam, and more were streaming into the country.