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Ho Chi Minh is Born
he joined the Communist Party and traveled to the Soviet Union. He helped found the Indochinese Communist Party in 1930 and the League for the Independence of Vietnam, or Viet Minh, in 1941. -
President Eisenhower declares " Domino Theory"
After Eisenhower's speech, the phrase “domino theory” began to be used as a shorthand expression of the strategic importance of South Vietnam to the United States, as well as the need to contain the spread of communism throughout the world. -
Ngo Dinh Diem cancels elections in Vietnam
Diem and his supporters in the United States realized that if the elections were held, Ho Chi Minh and the more populous north would probably win, thereby reuniting Vietnam under the Communist banner. Accordingly, he refused to hold the elections and the separation of North and South soon became permanent. -
The Geneva Accords cause Vietnam to be split into North and South.
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The first troops arrive in Vietnam
Vietnam: U.S. Advisors 1955-1965. The U.S. military advisory effort in Vietnam had a modest beginning in September 1950, when the United States Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG), Vietnam, was established in Saigon -
The Viet Minh and Ho Chi Minh defeat the French at Dien Bien Phu.
the United States soon stepped up to fill the vacuum, increasing military aid to South Vietnam and sending the first U.S. military advisers to the country in 1959. -
Vietnam declares independence from France, but neither France nor the United States recognize Vietnam as a separate nation.
Vietnam was to be reunified in 1956 by nationwide elections, however US lawmakers had other ideas and plans that kept the country divided until 1975. -
The National Liberation Front is Formed.
Known as the NLF. North Vietnam -
The United States withdraws support of Ngo Dinh Diem, leader of South Vietnam.
Diem was subsequently assassinated during a coup by opposition generals on November 2, 1963. -
A south Vietnamese monk sets himself on fire
He was attempting to show that to fight all forms of oppression on equal terms,He followed Buddhism. -
President Kennedy is assassinated, leading to the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson
The closeness of an election between Kennedy and Goldwater would have been decided by two big issues looming over the year of 1964: civil rights and Vietnam. -
President Johnson claims a U.S. ship had been fired upon by the North Vietnamese.
USS Maddox Got fired upon.Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution at the insistence of President Lyndon B. Johnson, with the understanding that the president would seek their approval before launching a full-scale war in Vietnam with U.S. military personnel.
