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The beginning of conflict (1945)
In March 9, 1945 rumors begins to spread of America invasion, Japanese begins to overthrow the French colonial government. Which independently has been working and taking control if Vietnam. In the summer of 1945 Starvation strikers Hanoi and other nearby areas. Soon there were over two million deaths just from starvation alone. A population of ten million became a population of eight million. The starvation starts up political conflict. Farmer rebels against the Japanese and the remaining Frenc -
Eisenhower cites the Domino Theory (1954)
President Eisenhower quotes a famous Cold War phase the Domino theory. When he advises the fall of French Indochina to communist that could make the domino effect in Southeast Asia. The supposed domino theory overlooked the U.S. reasoning about Vietnam. -
Indochina war (1954)
The second Indochina war began in July 1954, and lasted till 1975. A long conflict grew between France and Vietnam as France tries to take control of Vietnam. Soon French was defeated and forced to leave Vietnam. -
Vietcong Formed (1960)
North Vietnam formed the National Front for the South. It was held at a conference somewhere in South Vietnam. This was manly known as the National Liberation Front (NFL). It was planned to copy the success of the Viet Minh -
Gulf of Tompkins (1964)
In August 2, 1964 the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War begins. Two destroyers from the U.S. that are in the Gulf of Tonkin, radio that North Vietnamese have fired at them. President Lyndon B. Johnson responses by asking for permission to enlarge the military in Indochina. -
First U.S. Ground troops sent to Vietnam (1965)
President Lyndon B. Johnson sends ground troops to Vietnam in reply to the Gulf of Tonkin. On March 8, 1965, 3,500 U.S. Marines was sent Da Nang in South Vietnam. They were the first ever U.S. troops arrive in Vietnam. -
U.S. Arial Bombing- operation rolling thunder (1965)
August 7, 1964 congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. In reply to the event of the Gulf of Tonkin. This allowed President Johnson to use the military power in Southeast Asia minus an official declaration of war. America’s involvement was deeply expected now. -
Tet Offensive (1968)
70,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launched Tet Offensive on January 31, 1968. Tet Offensive was an organized chain of attacks on more than 100 cities and towns in South Vietnam. General Vo Nguyen Giap, leader of the Communist People’s Army of Vietnam; was the one who planed this Tet Offensive, in an effort to urge the U.S. to rebel against the South. -
• Watergate scandal (1970)
video There has been much different kind of scandals in presidential history. But there was only that drag down a presidency all most to impeachment. It is known as the Watergate scandals, President Richard M. Nixon a very secretive man, who could not stand criticism. The 1968 campaign Nixon was plotting about Vietnam. He tried to ruin the democrats campaign. -
Kent State Incident (1970)
On May 4, 1970,28 National Guardsmen in Kent, Ohio took fire on a group of antiwar demonstrators. It happened at the Kent State University campus. The shooting killing four students, wounding eight, and permanently paralyzing another. -
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