Timeline: The Vietnam War – 1954-1980

Mar 13, 1954

The Begining of The Battle of Dien Bien Phu

commander Vo Nguyen Giap took over the French, and got control over Vietnam withing hours with the help of the Chinese on his side.

Period: Mar 13, 1954 to Jul 15, 1976

The Vietnam War

Jul 21, 1954

The Signing of The Geneva Accords of 1954.

The Geneva Accords came to an understanding in 1954 to bring the end to the first Indochina war of Vietnam against France that kept going from 1946-1954. The Accords created principles as the withdrawal of French troops from a noteworthy piece of Southeast Asia. It likewise divided Vietnam into the North and the South. Also that Vietnam would have national decisions in 1956.

Oct 26, 1955

NGO DINH DIEM, FIRST PRESIDENT OF SOUTH VIETNAM

NGO DINH DIEM becomes president of south Vietnam becuase he was very popluar for his anit-communism beliefs and they didnt want to be ruled by it.

Nov 8, 1960

John F. Kennedy elected president

Jhon F.Kennedy takes over former president Eisenhower place and tries to bring peace to the Vietnam war.

Feb 2, 1963

Arrest and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem

Diem and his counsel, his younger brother Ngo dinh Nhu, were captured after the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) had been fruitful in a bleeding overnight attack on Gia Long Palace in Saigon.

Nov 22, 1963

JFK Assassination

President Kennedy is killed while trying to put Vietnam war to an end.

Jul 2, 1964

Johnson signs Civil Rights Act

Johnson took over after JFK was killed, even though the war did not start yet between America and Vietnam There were movements for civil rights back in America. Therefore, Jhonson took the step forward and signed the Civil Rights Act that every one is equal.

Aug 4, 1964

North Vietnamese Attack First

North Vietnamese attack two U.S. destroyers sitting in international waters

Mar 2, 1965

Operation Rolling Thunder

U.S Starts to attack back at North Vietnam

Mar 8, 1965

US Troops Invade Vietnam

In response to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident of August 2 and 4, 1964. President Lyndon B. Johnson sends 3,500 U.S. ground troops to Vietnam.

Mar 15, 1965

VIETNAM WAR ESCALATES

In March 1965, Johnson made the decision–with strong backing from the American public–to send U.S. battle strengths into fight in Vietnam. By June, 82,000 battle troops were positioned in Vietnam, and General William Westmoreland was calling 175,000 all the more before the end of 1965 to shore up the battling South Vietnamese army.