Vietnam Timeline Brett Barthman

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    Vietnam War

  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine

    Promised U.S. support of armed admission to communists across the globe
  • Geneva Conference

    Geneva Conference

    A conference to discuss ways to unify Vietnam
  • French Command

    French Command

    The French command disband and the french army leaves Vietnam
  • International control commision

    International control commision

    the International control commission declares that both North and South Vietnam had failed to comply with the Geneva Agreements
  • Advisor Troops

    Advisor Troops

    JFK sends 400 troops into South Vietnam as advisors
  • Tonkin Resolution

    Tonkin Resolution

    A treaty signed after the incident in the Gulf of Tonkin where North Vietnam Subs attacked US battleships
  • NLF attack

    NLF attack

    The NLF attack the US base at Pleiku
  • US issues “White Paper”

    US issues “White Paper”

    U.S. issues a “White Paper” alleging that the war in South Vietnam is not organized by southerners but is the work of the North Vietnamese communists
  • Operation Rolling Thunder

    Operation Rolling Thunder

    An aerial bombardment campaign conducted against North Vietnam
  • US Troops Arrive in Vietnam

    US Troops Arrive in Vietnam

    3,500 troops were sent to south vietnam to fight against the North after the Gulf of Tonkin incident
  • Tet Offensive

    Tet Offensive

    a lot of sneak attacks against the South Vietnam and American soldiers
  • General William Westmoreland

    General William Westmoreland

    Westmoreland is relieved of command of MACV
  • LBJ

    LBJ

    President LBJ announces that he will not seek another term as president
  • Vietnamization

    Vietnamization

    Withdrawing troops from Vietnam
  • Kent State

    Kent State

    A massacre at Kent State university were national guardsmen shot 13 students killing 4 of them
  • 26th Amendment

    26th Amendment

    Doesn’t allow the state or federal government from setting a voting age higher than 18
  • War Powers Act

    War Powers Act

    passed by Congress over President Nixon's veto to increase congressional control over the executive branch in foreign policy matters
  • Cease fire signed with North Vietnam

    Cease fire signed with North Vietnam

    President Nixon ordered a ceasefire for aerial bombings on North Vietnam
  • US withdrawal of troops

    US withdrawal of troops

    Richard Nixon withdrew the final troops in Vietnam
  • South Vietnam surrender

    South Vietnam surrender

    After the president fled, the North met little resistance. The north took hold of the capital and had the south under it’s control.