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Ho Chi Minh declares an independent Vietnam, called the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
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The United States pledges $15 million worth of military aid to France to help them fight in Vietnam.
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French suffer from a horrendous defeat at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu with the intention to draw out the Vietnamese and destroy them with their artillery.
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French decides to pull out of Vietnam, with a peaceful withdraw. Which led to the temporary decision of the 17th parallel in Vietnam.
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The Geneva Accords creates a cease-fire for the peaceful withdrawal of the French from Vietnam and provides a temporary boundary between north and south Vietnam at the 17th parallel.
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South Vietnam declares himself the Republic of Vietnam with newly elected Ngo Dinh Diem as president.
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The Viet Cong is estimated in south Vietnam. The Viet Cong was a group of communists that fought the south Vietnamese government.
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South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Dien is executed.
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North Vietnamese attack two U.S ships sitting in the golf of Tonkin innocent.
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In response to the Tonkin attack the U.S. Congress passed the Golf of Tonkin resolution.
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A sustained U.S aerial Bombing campaign of North Vietnam begins.
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The first U.S. Combat troops arrive in Vietnam. 3,500 marines, 79 Americans killed and 121 wounded.
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President Johnson authorizes the use of Napalm, a petroleum based bomb that blows explosives pellets upon impact.
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Dr. Martin Luther King presents a major speech against the Vietnam war, calling the U.S "the greatest purveyor of violence in the war today."
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As part of a massive Anti-war demonstration in Washington, 800 of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) throw metals and ribbons on to the steps of the capital building.
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Congressional actions from the Summer drops U.S aid to 2.1 billion to 70 million.
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President Nixon resigned after the Watergate scandal.
