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Geneva Conference
The leaders of The United States, The Soviet union, The People's Republic of China, Great Britain, and France got together to solve problems with asia -
French surender
The french surrender to the Viet Minh -
US sends advisors to vietnam
could not find a specific date so this one is wrong besides the year. otherwise it is fairly straitforward -
Viet Cong formed
It is formed by north vietnam and stocked with former Viet Minh troops -
Budest monk protests
A buddhist monk sets himself on fire in protest of the south vietnamese government -
Woodstock
A massive 3 day long protest against the war -
Tonkin Resolution
gave the president congress’ power to declare war -
Operation rolling thunder
The leaders of The United States, The Soviet union, The People's Republic of China, Great Britain, and France got together to solve problems with asia -
American Cobat troops arive
The third marine regiment, third marine division began landing in vietnam to protect Da Nang airport -
Vetrans against the war
Several vietnam veterans form an organisation against the war -
John McCain shot down
John Mccain was shot down and held prisoner for 5 years 2 in solitary confinement and was forced to sign papers saying he was a war criminal after being tortured -
Tet Offensive
footage of the offensivea North Vietnamese offensive held on the lunar new years while there was a cease fire agreement in effect -
Femail nurse killed by gunfire
The only Female nurses killed by enemy gunfire was killed -
Vietnamization
the plan to to gradually withdraw American troops and replace them with south vietnamese troops -
Kent State
the firing of a national guardsmen on unarmed college students killing 4 and wounding 9 -
26th amendment
lowered the voting age to 18 after student protests saying they could go to war but could not vote for the person who sent them there -
US withdrawl of troops
A peace treaty was signed and the US began withdrawing officially ending January 27, 1973 -
War Powers Act
required the president to inform congress of any military action without a declaration of war, and forbids them to keep troops there longer than 90 days with a withdrawal period of 30 days -
South Vietnamese surender
South Vietnam was captured by North Vietnam unifying the two countries, and making them communist -
Saigon falls
The North vietnamese take Saigon causing Vietnam to be unified under communist rule
