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The Geneva Accords took place in April 26th, 1954. It declared a cease-fire and divided Vietnam into 2 countries: North Vietnam, and South Vietnam.
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Ngo Dinh Diem became the new leader of South Vietnam, and declared it be called the Republic of Vietnam.
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In 1962, U.S President John. F. Kennedy sent military advisors to South Vietnam to train the South Vietmanese army, but realized that South Vietnam's war strategies were not suffiecent, so Ngo Dihn Diem was thrown out of office.
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Ngo Dihn Diem was thrown out of office and replaced with a new leader, from the U.S. Unfortunetly, the new leader was not as satisfactory as the previous.
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On August 2nd, 1964, North Vietmanese ships in the Gulf of Tonkin attacked U.S Naval Ships in the Gulf of Tonkin.
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Operation Rolling Thunder was a bombing campaign that took place between March 2nd, 1965, and November 2nd, 1968. It was used to strike bombs on the city of Saigon, Vietnam.
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By the End of 1966, U.S President Lyndon B. Johnson had already sent over 400,000 American troops into Vietnam.
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In 1968 the Viet Kong and the North Vietmanese Army launched a campaign called the Tet Offensive. Both Armies launched attacks on U.S Targets, and other cities in South Vietnam.
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The My Lai Massacre was a massacre that happened in 1968. U.S troops killed hundreds of unarmed civilians in South Vietnam, and some troops were arrested and charged for unlawful murder.
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These newspapers in 1971 had revealed secret planning against the Vietnam War made by President Richard Nixon, and forced him to push for a peace settlement.
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The U.S made a settlement with North Vietnam in 1973 to make a Cease-fire promising the U.S and North Vietnam not to Bomb each other.
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The Vietnam War officially ended in 1975, when Saigon fell under the rule of North Vietnam.
