vietnam

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  • Vietnam is part of French Indochina

  • Japan formally surrendered to the allies, Vietnam declared its independence

  • French warships opened fire on the port city of Haiphong

    the attack killed 6,000 Vietnamese civilians
  • Period: to

    First Indochina war

  • Truman tries to stop the spread of communism in asia

  • The U.S was paying for 80% of the cost of the war in Indochina.

  • The French and Viet Minh signed the Geneva Accords to stop the fighting

    Vietnam was split temporarily along the 17th parallel

  • The Viet Minh finally overran the French base, Ending the battle of Dien Bien Phu and shattering French morale

  • The U.S used its influences to put an anticommunist South Vietnamese leader in charge

  • National elections to unify Vietnam were scheduled

  • The Viet Minh formed a group called National Liberation Front

    They invited all opponents of Diem to join
  • Kennedy becomes president

    Kennedy becomes president

  • Barry Goldwater insisted the U.S take a more active part in the war

  • The military started planning the bombing of North Vietnam

  • Johnson approved covert attacks on radar stations along North Vietnams Coast

  • In response to the raids NVA patrol fired back at a U.S destroyer in the Gulf of Tonkin

  • In stormy weather the U.S thought the destroyer was being attacked once more

  • LBJ immediately ordered air strikes against Naval bases in North Vietnam

    LBJ immediately ordered air strikes against Naval bases in North Vietnam

  • Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

  • Operation Starlite took place against 1,500 Viet Cong who were preparing to attack a U.S air base

    Operation Starlite took place against 1,500 Viet Cong who were preparing to attack a U.S air base

    American victory more than 600 Viet Cong were killed and 45 U.S soldiers died

  • An American war starting in 1965 with the landing of the first combat forces the conflict in Vietnam changed. The United States took over main responsibility for fighting the war

  • Ho Chi Minh Trail, North Vietnamese Army troops were moving south along the Ho Chi Minh Trail to help the Viet Cong

    Ho Chi Minh Trail, North Vietnamese Army troops were moving south along the Ho Chi Minh Trail to help the Viet Cong

  • After the Viet Cong attacked a U.S air base in the south LBJ responded by ordering bombing of barracks and military staging areas North the 17th parallel

  • About 3,500 U.S marines waded ashore at a beach near Da Nang, South Vietnam. This was the first time U.S combat troops had set a foot in Vietnam

  • By late 1967 nearly half a million Americans were serving in Vietnam