Timeline: Vietnam/Cold War

Feb 21, 1848

Communist Manifesto

Inspiration for Soviets

Nov 7, 1917

Bolshevik Revolution

Lenin is father of. Nicholas II= Last czar. Lenin+Stalin+Trotsky. Russis becomes Soviet Union (USSR)

Period: Jun 22, 1941 to Sep 2, 1945

World War II

Allows for division of Gemany/Berlin which sparks contempt b/w Soviet Union and West

Period: Apr 12, 1945 to Jan 20, 1953

Truman

Period: Oct 15, 1945 to Jun 25, 1950

COLD WAR PHASE 1, Centered on Europe

Feb 22, 1946

'Containment'

George Kennan long telegram to Truman

Mar 5, 1946

Iron Curtain Speech

Winston Churchill

Period: Oct 15, 1946 to Oct 15, 1949

Greek Civil War

Trigger for Truman Doctrine

Mar 12, 1947

Truman DOctrine

containment, triggered by Greek Civil War

Jun 5, 1947

Marshall Plan (George Marshall)

Proposed at Harvard. Economic Aid for Europe, very successful. Russia refuses aid

Apr 15, 1948

America's First Test- Berlin Blockade/Airlift

mobilization of airforce by US

Jan 31, 1949

Chinese Communists (Mao Zedong) topple Nationalists

Apr 4, 1949

NATO formed

NATO vs USSR; Capitalism/Democracy vs Communism
America's first formal alliance in 170 years

Aug 29, 1949

Soviets get Atomic Bomb

Jun 25, 1950

Korean War Begins

Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Oct 15, 1975

COLD WAR PHASE 2, Goes Global

Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Oct 15, 1953

Korean War

Stalin invades S. Korea with N. Korean armyy, real or fake?
Ike ends war when he replaces Truman.

Jan 20, 1953

Ike Replaces Truman

Period: Jan 20, 1953 to Jan 20, 1961

IKE

Period: Apr 7, 1954 to Jan 3, 1961

Domino Theory

Ike, JFK, LBJ

Apr 26, 1954

Geneva Conference

Splits Vietnam into N. and S.

May 7, 1954

French defeat at Dien Vien Phu

Period: Oct 15, 1954 to Oct 15, 1975

Third Cold War Test: Indochina

Truman, Ike, JFK, LBJ, Nixon, ending with Ford

Period: Nov 1, 1955 to Apr 30, 1975

Vietnam War

IKE, JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Ford

Oct 4, 1957

Sputnik

Wake up call, space race, worried that Soviets were ahead

Period: Jan 20, 1961 to Nov 22, 1963

JFK

Aug 13, 1961

JFK TEST #1: BERLIN WALL

Oct 20, 1962

JFK TEST #2: CUBAN MISSLE CRISIS

Closest we've ever been to Nuclear War; DEFCON 2

Period: Nov 22, 1963 to Jan 20, 1969

LBJ

Aug 10, 1964

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

US "Blank Check", turning point in war. Covert amphibious raids, N. Vietnam shoots US destroyers

Mar 8, 1965

The Hammer Drops

troops + bombs into N. Vietnam
Moves to the "dark" 60s

Mar 24, 1965

First Teach-in

University of Michingan
To teach about "immoral war', spread movement and made people believe the anti-war mvmt could make a change

Apr 17, 1965

March Against Vietnam War

Paul POtter, SDS "This Incredible War"

May 21, 1965

Largest Teach-in

Universitty of California @ Berkeley, what are we doing in 'nam? Jerry Rubin, SDS

Jan 6, 1966

SNCC "Statement on Vietnam"

Jan 1, 1967

Year of Popularity and support

LBJ high resolve

Apr 4, 1967

MLK "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" Speech

Civil rights to anti-war

Apr 15, 1967

Birth of "The MOBE"

Spring Mobilization to End the war in Vietnam
James Bevel

Jan 30, 1968

Tet Offensive

Proved to US citizens that we wouldn't be winning anytime soon, prowar rhetoric was lies

Mar 16, 1968

My Lai Massacre

Apr 4, 1968

MLK assassinated

Jun 6, 1968

Bobby Kennedy Assassinated

Aug 26, 1968

Democratic Convention Riot

Period: Jan 20, 1969 to Aug 9, 1974

Nixon

Period: Dec 1, 1969 to Dec 7, 1972

Draft Lottery

Jan 27, 1973

Peace Treaty

Apr 30, 1975

Fall of Saigon

End of Vietnam war