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After the French were defeated by theVietminh at Dienbiehphu, Eisenhower stated that a row of dominoes are now set up and when the first one falls the last one will go down quickly.
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Delagates from 9 nations negotiated in Geneva that led to ending hostility in Indonesia.
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Beginning of communist activity in South Vietnam. Over 400 S. Vietnamese officials were assasinated.
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The first United States Americans to de in the Vietnam War wer Major Dale R. Buis and Master Sargeant Chester M. Ornanel by gurrilla stike.
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Kennedy is Elected President
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National liberation front for South Vietnam was fomed by Hanoi. There were called the "Vietcong".
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South Vietnamese troops defeat the Kienhoa Province by utilizing 400 Guerrilla attack.
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Meant that the Vietnam War issues were now in Lyndon Johnson's hands.
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Held position that he wanted to de-escalate the U.S. involvement in the war.
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American bomb raids in North Vietnam. Lasted for almost three years.
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16,000 U.S. and 14,000 S.V troops set out to destroy Vietcong operations.
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Nixon creates a secret bombing in Cambodia in 1969.
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Nixon makes orders to heavily bomb Hanoi and Haiphong.
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Ford announced that the war is finalized , concerning the United States anyways.
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Group 559 of North Vietnam infiltrated weapons into outh Vietnam along the Ho Chi Hinh Trail.