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New president
South Vietnam declares itself the Republic of Vietnam with Ngo Dinh Diem as President -
Ho Chi Minh Trail
The Ho chi Minh Trail was a complex system of trails that allowed the south vietnam communists help out the north vietnam with food and supplies for their military. -
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The Vietnam War
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Execution
South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem is exectuted during a coup. -
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Many North Vietnamese torpedo boats were attacking two united states destroyers (maddox and turner joy) in international waters. -
The Beginning
The first of the american combat troops over 200,000 were sent to south vietnam. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
It was the first american assult on north vietnam. It lasted from March 1965 to October 1968. The whole idea of the assult was to cripple north vietnams troops. -
First Troops
The first U.S. combat troops arrive in Vietnam -
Battle of La Drang Valley
This battle was nthe first offical battle between north vietnam and america. It lasted from November 14 1965 to November 18. -
Operation Cedar falls
This Operation was the largest offense against the soutyh vietnam. This opertion was targeting the iron triangle and the Thanh Dien Forest Preserve that lasted 18 days. -
Protesters
100,000 protesters gathered at the Lincoln Memorial and around 30,000 of them continued in a march on the Pentagon later that night. After a brutal confrontation with the soldiers and U.S. Marshals protecting the building, hundreds of demonstrators were arrested. -
The Tet Offensive
The Tet offensive was one of the largest military campaign. It was the north vietnamese ahnd vietcong attacked 100 cities in south vietnam during their international holiday. -
The Battle of Hue
This Battle was one of the bloodiest and longest battles in the Vietnam war.Eleven Battalions of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, 2 U.S. Army battalions, and 3 U.S. Marine Corps Battalions, for a total of 16 battalions, defeated 10 Battalions of the People's Army of Vietnam and the Viet Cong. -
My Lai Massacre
American Troops killed the majority of south vietnams population while searching villages for the south vietcong. around 500 people were killed including women, children, and the eldery -
Operation BreakFast
President Nixon approved the mission designated operation breakfast at a meeting of the national security. This operation was targeted at cambodia where thousands of bombs were dropped on them during 14 months. -
Death of Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh who was the national symbol of vietnamese communists. he organized the viet minh nationalist communist organization. He died of a heart attack at the age of 79. -
my lai massacre learned
The American public learns of the Mai Lai massacre. -
Protest begins
President Nixon announces that U.S. troops will attack enemy locations in Cambodia. This news sparks nationwide protests on college campuses. -
Kent state Incident
On April 30, 1970, President Nixon appeared on national television to announce the invasion of Cambodia by the United States and the need to draft 150,000 more soldiers for The Vietnam War.This made people furious and protestors at various campuses decided to protest. In attempt to calm down the crowd, 28 guardsmen opened fire on the crowd and 4 people were killed and 9 wounded. -
The Easter Offensive
the failure of the South Vietnamese in Operation Lam Son 719, the North Vietnamese government began thinking of launching a conventional offensive in spring 1972. they believed that South Vietnam could be easily broken. -
Surrender
South Vietnam surrenders to the communists. -
Vietnam Unified
Vietnam is unified as a communist country, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
