Ho Chi Minh founds the ICP(Indochinese communist party)
ICP organises a guerrilla force, Viet Minh to fight Japan
Vietminh sizes power,Vietnam dependent
French forces attack Viet Minh in Haiphong
Democratic Republic of Vietnam recoginsed by USSR and China
French defeated by Vietminh
Vietnam split into north and south at Geneva agreement
South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem begins campaign against political dissidents.
Communist insurgency starts in the south
Weapons and men from North Vietnam begin infiltrating the South.
American aid to Diem increases
Le Duan replaces Ho Chi Minh as First Secretary
John F. Kennedy beats Richard Nixon in the U.S. presidential election
outhern revolutionaries, backed by the North Vietnamese Communist Party, form the National Liberation Front, known in Saigon and Washington as the Viet Cong.
Number of US advisers rises to 12,000
self immolation of Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc
Diem and his brother are killed in coup backed by US
JFK is assassinated and Johnson is now president
Gulf of tonkin incident
First USA vs VietCong battle in Ia Drang Valley
First Marines land in Danang.
Protests start in New York
Protests in Washington
South Vietnamese executed in Hue
Tet Offensive
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops launch surprise attacks against targets throughout South Vietnam.
My Lai massacre
Johnson announces he is not running for president
Nixon becomes US president
Ho Chi Minh dies
The first Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam
Nixon goes on television to call for national solidarity
Nixon's national security advisor, Henry Kissinger, and Le Duc Tho, for the Hanoi government, start talks in Paris.
The Kent state massacre
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The South Vietnamese launch operation Lam Son 719
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The Easter Offensive invasion by North Vietnamese
Cease-fire agreement is reached
Last U.S. combat troops leave South Vietnam.
Nixon leaves office due to WaterGate scandal
Siagon falls
Siagon is renamed Ho Chi City
Vietnam invades Cambodia
Opening of the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial Wall.
US lifts its 30-year trade embargo.
Under President Bill Clinton, the U.S. normalizes relations with Vietnam.
