Vietnam War

By boofuz

  • Indochinese Communist Party

    Ho Chi Minh helps found the Indochinese Communist Party.

  • Japanese Invade

    Japan invades Vietnam.

  • League for the Independence of Vietnam

    Ho Chi Minh announces the Viet Minh.

  • Independent Vietnam

    Ho Chi Minh declares independence of Vietnam ( Democratic Republic of Vietnam).

  • Chinese send Viet weapon advisors

    Viet Minh receive weaon advisors from Chinese military.

  • Dien Bien Phu

    The French suffer defeat at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu.

  • Geneva Accords

    Geneva Accords creates a cease-fire for peacful withdraw of the French. Temporary boundary between North and South Vietnam at the 17th parallel.

  • Republic of Vietnam

    South Vietnam declare their self as Republic of Vietnam, Ngo Dinh Diem as president.

  • Ngo Dinh Diem Executed

    Ngo Dinh is excuted during coup.

  • Gulf of Tonkin

    North Vietnam attack two U.S destroyers in Gulf of Tonkin. (Alsp happened on the 4th)

  • Operation Rolling Thunder

    U.S begin bombing campign on North Vietnam.

  • Tet Offensive

    North Vietnamese surprise attack U.S troops.

  • Mai Lai Massacre

    U.S troops kill hundreds of Vietnamese citizens at town Mai Lai.

  • Ho Chi Minh Dies

    Noth Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh dies at age 79.

  • Canbodia Bombed

    President Nixon decides to bomb enemy locations in Cambodia.

  • Paris Peace Accords

    Paris Peace Accords signed, provide cease-fire.

  • South Vietnam Surrenders

    South Vietnam surrenders to communists.