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vietnam splits
Vietnam splits due a government dispute the north part was communist government but the south is democratic so they split with the help of a document called the Geneva accords. -
war begins
The southern regiment in Vietnam was attacked by the north and was forced to surrender the French were not to happy about that because they were trying to convince the north that it was not worth it. -
arrested
People started to notice that the two sides were not complying with the agreement so the MAAG (Military Assistance Advisory Group) started arresting the military leaders to prevent more war. -
viet cong
Viet Cong was created it was a small military group in south Vietnam that were communist they went on missions to set traps and ambushes in the jungle to help the north the traps went from spikes that were covered by leaves and sticks to fall in all the way to bear trap like traps that were able to cut people in half -
arrival
In 1961 the U.S sent 400 soldiers into north Vietnam by helicopter there first mission was to get them into Vietnam was successful -
Gulf of Tonkin incident
After JFK was assassinated Lyndon B Jonson took office he immediately started to think that south Vietnam was not capable of fending off the north so he combined his soldiers and south Vietnam a little in small attack boats armed with torpedo's these boats were not successful they were shot down and the USS Maddox a U.S vassal was sunk by north Vietnamese soldiers -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Although the first attack from Rolling Thunder did not occur until March second the operation was still underway the first attack was 100 U.S and south Vietnam plains attacked an ammo shop in Xom Bang This stopped most of the North's movement for quite some time because there main ammo base was destroyed from the bombing the attacked from plains were mainly used for supply lines -
prisinor
By now the U.S was having a hard time there soldiers were being captured by this time bout 6000 U.s soldiers were being held captive in north Vietnam they were heled in the open to be attacked by mobs -
peace talk
The NLF, south Vietnam, and the U.S meet in Paris to talk about a peace treaty -
war ends
The north Vietnam leader begins to realize that he's loosing control of this war and decided to signs the treaty for peace
