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Hiroshima
The United States drops an atomic bomb—the first to be used in warfare—on Hiroshima, killing 75,000 people instantly, and injuring more than 100,000. http://www.shmoop.com/vietnam-war/timeline.html -
Eisenhower is against U.S. intervention in Vietnam
President Eisnenhower is highly against sending any of the troops into Vietnam in regards to help support what is going on wit all the chaos. This is important because President Eisnenhower belienved that it would be a tradegy on American's part to join this war.
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Battle of Dien Bien Phu
Vietnamese forces occupy the French command post at Dien Bien Phu and the French commander orders his troops to cease fire.
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The Geneva Accords
The Geneva Accords creates a cease-fire for the peaceful withdrawal of the French from Vietnam and provides a temporary boundary between North and South Vietnam at the 17th parallel. http://history1900s.about.com/od/vietnamwar/a/vietnamtimeline.htm -
The National Liberation Front
The National Liberation Front (NLF), also called the Viet Cong, is established in South Vietnam. I brought together Comminists and non-communists in an umbrella organization that had limited, but important goals
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Presidnet Executed
Ngo Dinh Diem, President of Southern Vietnam, is executed during a coup.
This caused political chaos in the nation, which made the United State become more heavily involved with Vietnam.
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U.S. Troops in Vietnam
The first U.S. combat troops arrive in Vietnam. First ashore was the Battalion Landing Team 3/9, which arrived on the beach at 8:15 a.m. Wearing full battle gear and carrying M-14s. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-marines-land-at-da-nang -
Tet Offensive
The North Vietnamese join forces with the Viet Cong to launch the Tet Offensive, attacking approximately one hundred South Vietnamese cities and towns. Viet Cong forces–supported by large numbers of North Vietnamese troops–launch the largest and best coordinated offensive of the war, drivingg into the center of South Vietnam’s seven largest cities and attacking 30 provincial capitals from the Delta to the DMZ. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tet-offensive-begins -
Lai Massacre
The Charlie Company retaliated to Viet Cong killing their men a few weeks before this attack. This event proved to some that Americans killed innocent civilians for revenge.
This battle was located in Lai, Vietnam where the Charlie Company killed about two hundred civilians.
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U.S. Troops
As the war escalated, more and more U.S. combat troops were sent to South Vietnam. U.S. troops in Vietnam reaches 540,000. -
No more war!
The United States, North Vietnam, South Vietnam, and Viet Cong sign the Paris Peace Accords agreeing to make peace ring throughout the country. This is important because this document ended the conflict between the countries, and American soldiers were also released from the country and sent back home. https://jonathanwar.wordpress.com/key-events-of-the-vietnam-war/ -
The Fall of Saigon
South Vietnam Surrenders to the North communists where the South took them to an undisclosed destination. This capture and surrender brought an almost immediate ending to the Vietnam War.
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Vietnam Communist
Vietnam becomes a unified communist country, which they are officially named the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. This was the final reunification day for Vietnam when both the North and South become one.
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Battle of Khe Sanh
This had been the biggest single battle of the entire Vietnam War with 1,600 North Vietnamese soldiers killed, but thousands more were probably killed because of American bombings.
This was a 77 day battle that was titled one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War. The Battle of Khe Sanh was conducted in Khe Sanh , Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), between 21 January and 9 July 1968 during the Vietnam War.
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President Nixion Takes Charge
President Nixion announcs the new that he will now be sending the troops in to attack enemy locations in Cambodia. There was a total of 30,000 U.S. troops going into Cambodia for the second attack, which lasted around 60 days. This is important because this news resulted in nationwide protests.
