the vietnam war

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  • Nazi Germany takes control of France

    Nazi Germany takes control of France

    The troops began invading Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and France on May 1940 but finished June 1940
  • Ho Chi Minh establishes the league for the independence of Vietnam

    Ho Chi Minh establishes the league for the independence of Vietnam

    on May 1941 the Viet Minh movement aims to resist Japanese and French occupation of vietnam.
  • Ho Chi Minh rejects a french proposal

    Ho Chi Minh rejects a french proposal

    this proposal was going to grant vietnam limited self government, this began a guerrilla war against the french
  • The French install former emperor Bao Dai as head of state in Vietnam.

    The French install former emperor Bao Dai as head of state in Vietnam.

  • The first U.S. soldiers are killed in South Vietnam when guerrillas raid their living quarters near Saigon.

    The first U.S. soldiers are killed in South Vietnam when guerrillas raid their living quarters near Saigon.

  • President John F. Kennedy sends helicopters and 400 Green Berets to South Vietnam and authorizes secret operations against the Viet Cong.

    President John F. Kennedy sends helicopters and 400 Green Berets to South Vietnam and authorizes secret operations against the Viet Cong.

  • President Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas

    President Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas

  • President Johnson orders the bombing of targets in North Vietnam

    President Johnson orders the bombing of targets in North Vietnam

    This was in the operation Flaming Dart in retaliation for a Viet Cong raid in Pleiku
  • U.S. troop numbers in Vietnam rise to 400,000.

    U.S. troop numbers in Vietnam rise to 400,000.

  • Under strict communist rule, North and South Vietnam was officially united as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

    Under strict communist rule, North and South Vietnam was officially united as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam