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Battle that ended French involvement in Indochina as Viet Minh overcame French forces. Results in temporary division in Vietnam. http://www.history.com/topics/battle-of-dien-bien-phu "Dien bien phu castor or siege deinterlaced" by Warner Pathé News - Public Domain http://www.archive.org/details/NewsMaga00_5. L
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Representatives from aound the world met in attempt to solve the disputes currently occuring in Asia. This began an increase of U.S. involvement in South Vietnam. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/geneva-conference-begins https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS593KMKehh-e4kICtKAHG-fRN-Vp1yzv5TBVer5EOFYIZ32VNi
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Following massive casualties at Dien Bien Phu, France declares an end to their involvement in the Vietnam conflict. By leaving they show their understanding of theis conflict to be a lost cause. http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/vietnam/index-1945.html
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After dennying the conditions of the Geneva Convention, Diem quickly turned the country into a dictatorship, improsoning those against him and oppressing the buddhist population. http://www.coldwar.org/articles/50s/NgoDinhDiem.asp
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Communist insurgents from the North begin guerilla war-fare in south Vietnam assissinating over four hundred South Vietnamese officials. This represents the north's first aggressive move towards over taking South Vietnam. http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/vietnam/timeline.htm
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North Vietnam forms National Front for the Liberation of the South. This begins the official attempts to over throw South Vietnam as a communist unit. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/national-liberation-front-formed
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President Kennedy is assassinated leaving the next move of the conflict in Vietnam up to vice president Johnson. http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/November-22-1963-Death-of-the-President.aspx
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U.S. deploys a series of bombing attacks to reduce North Vietnam's ability to attack the South. While effective, this attack was eventually unsuccessful in stopping the North. http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/operation-rolling-thunder
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NorthVietnam begins a series of agressive attacks on over 100 cities in South Vietnam. This was a major blow that caught the U.S. military off guard adue to an understanding that the holdiday of Tet would be a ceasefire. This attack showed North Vietnam's strenghth which would eventually lead to U.S. withdrawl in Vietnam. www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/tet-offensive
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4 students are killed by police during a protest of the war at Kent State University. Nixon does not approve of police actions but warns against oppoisition turning into violence. A major turning point in the climate of U.S. support for the war and Nixon administration. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0504.html
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Nixon's administration is found guilty of cover-up operations involving bugging political oppenents offices. This event began the nation's distrust of Nixon. http://www.history.com/topics/watergate
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Following the signing of a cease fire from warring nations, the last American combat troops leave south Vietnam. This was the end of the U.S. troop support in Vietnam. http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2013/03/last_us_combat_troops_left_vie.html
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Richard Nixon resigns as presdent of the United States following two years of the Watergate scandal, leaving Gerald R. Ford as the President of the U.S. With support for the Vietnam war decreasing, this change was welcomed by the American people. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/watergate/articles/080974-3.htm
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American troops withdraw from Saigon as it is overtaken by the communist north vietnamese. This began the end of the Vietnam War. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/04/30/remembering-the-fall-of-saigon-and-vietnam-s-mass-boat-people-exodus.html
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Following years of scandal with Richard Nixon Jimmy Carter is elected president with the intention of resolving the conflict in Vietnam. This leadership change marked a turning point for U.S. involvement in Vietnam. http://millercenter.org/president/biography/carter-campaigns-and-elections www.eagleton.rutgers.edu
