Vietnam War

  • Geneva Accords

    Geneva Accords

    Korea to be divided into North and South, U.S sides with south.
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    Vietnam War

  • War begins

    War begins

    Country is divided in two, the vietnam war begins
  • Kennedy approves involvement in Vietnam

    Kennedy approves involvement in Vietnam

    Sends helicopters and 3,000 advisors to Viet Cong
  • Operation Ranchhand

    Operation Ranchhand

    Clearing vegetation to make ambushes more difficult
  • Johnson wants more involvement

    Johnson wants more involvement

    President Johnson gets the go ahead to increase American involvement
  • Protestors march on Pentagon

    Protestors march on Pentagon

    50,000 protestors march against the war
  • USS Pueblo

    USS Pueblo

    USS Pueblo attacked and captured by North Korean ship
  • TET Offensive

    TET Offensive

    North Korea attacks American bases in the south
  • My Lai Massacre

    My Lai Massacre

    Americans kill 300 inoocents, shocking citizens at home
  • Nixon wins election

    Nixon wins election

    against the majority of peoples votes wishing to restore law and order, Nixon becomes president
  • Troops to Cambodia

    Troops to Cambodia

    Nixon sends troops to Cambodia to destroy communist bases
  • Student prostestors killed

    Student prostestors killed

    Kent state students killed and injured while prostesting war
  • Paris Peace Accords

    Paris Peace Accords

    US ends involvement in Vietnam War
  • Fall of Saigon

    Fall of Saigon

    Communists take over Saigon, south forced to surrender
  • Reunification

    Reunification

    as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam