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Vietnam War

By katieh

  • Vietnam split into two

    (North Vietnam communist/South Vietnam anti-communist)
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    US military sent military advisers and equipment to South Vietnam

    Dates not precise...

  • President Kennedy's assasination

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    6.2 million tons of bombs dropped on Vietnam

    From 1964-1971, 6.2million tons of bombs were dropped on Vietnam, more than the whole of the second world war.

  • Gulf of Tonkin

    North Vietnamese torpedo boats attacked American torpedo boats off the Gulf of Tonkin
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    Gulf of Tonkin

    North Vietnamese torpedo boats attacked American torpedo boats in The Gulf of Tonkin
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    Operation rolling thunder

    US bombed factories, supply lines, ports and military bases to stop them supplying the Vietcong.

  • Troops to Vietnam

    By the end of July 1965, 180,000 troops had been sent to Vietnam.

  • US fight N.Vietnamese in La Drang Valley

  • Martin Luther King speaks out about war

    (Don't know exact date)
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    Tet Offensive

    The Vietcong attacked Saigon and other major American and South Vietnam bases and towns.

  • My Lai Massacre

  • War calculated to costing $30,000million per year!

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    Richard Nixon President

    He didn't go in for re-election as no one liked him.

  • Ho Chi Minh died

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    US invades Cambodia

  • North Vietnam begin conventional invasion of South Vietnam

  • North Vietnam take Saigon. South Vietnam surrender.

  • Ceasefire agreed with North Vietnam and Vietcong

  • last US troops left Vietnam

  • WAR RESTARTED IN 1974!!!

    The Americans sent supplies but no troops.

  • North and South Vietnam united as one communist country ruled by Le Duan