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Viet Minh Formed
A coalition formed by Pac Bo To seek independence from the French. -
First Indochina War
A rebellion by the Viet Minh against the French Union. -
Ho Chi Minh becomes the Chairman of the Workers' Party of Vietnam
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Geneva Accords Vietnam
A confernce that took place to find a way to unte vietnam into one country and find peace within the Indochina region. -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
The climatic battle that had ended the indochina war with the Geneva Accord. The battle was won decisively by the Viet Minh. -
Ngo Dinh Diem becomes President
The first president of Vitnam but ended up getting assaniated by the military. -
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Ho Chi Minh Trail
A trail used by the North Vietnamese that leads to South Viertnam through Cambodia and Laos. -
Viet Cong Forms
A political organization that faought against South Vietnam in the Vietnam war. -
Agent Orange is First Used
A type of pesticide used by the US to kill plants. This was used to help the US souldiers finding the Viet Cong. The pesticide had horriable side affects to humans who were wxposed to it. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
A resoulution by Lydon B. Johnson as a reaction to torpedo attacks by the Viet Cong. The resoulution gave the president much more power on what to do during the Vietnam War. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
A bombing campapaign by the US used to weaken the the Viet Cong. Howverer the campagine had failed misrebly even thought the US had used 643,000 tons of bombs. -
The Tet Offensive Starts
An Offensive by the communists on the holidy of Tet that had hit major areas of South Vietnam including the US Embassy but was pushed back by the US. -
My Lai Massacre Occurs
A mass murder that the Americans had done to civialans that had killed 347 persons mostly women, childeren, and the elderly. -
The Start of Vietnamization
President Nixon wanted to end the war by slowly removing US troops in Vietnam and giving the South Vietnamese enought weapons to support themselves in the war. -
Operation Linebacker
A US bombing campaign used to interupt supply lines of the Viet Cong and the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The bombing campaign was sucessful. -
The Fall of Siagon
The NVA and the Viet Cong had finally took over Siagon ending the war
