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The Viet Minh—the League for the Independence of Vietnam—is founded.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia. With the death of President Roosevelt, Vice President Harry S. Truman becomes the 33rd President of the United States.
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The Viet Minh receive military advisors and weapons from China
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The United States pledges $15 million worth of military aid to France to help them fight in Vietnam.
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Vietcong Formed (National Liberation Front for South Vietnam)
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A sustained U.S. aerial bombing campaign of North Vietnam begins (Operation Rolling Thunder).
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Over 200,000 US troops are sent to Vietnam
February: Bombing raids on North Vietnam commence referred to as 'Operation Rolling Thunder'. The air raids continue for three years.
Students at American Universities start to strongly protest against the US policy in Vietnam -
U.S. soldiers kill hundreds of Vietnamese civilians in the town of Mai Lai.
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Operation Breakfast: Nixon authorises the covert bombing of Cambodia in an attempt to destroy supply routes. The death of Ho Chi Minh
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President Nixon announces that U.S. troops will attack enemy locations in Cambodia. This news sparks nationwide protests, especially on college campuses
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A cease-fire agreement is signed in Paris
The end of the Draft is publicised
All remaining US troops leave Vietnam
