vietnam war

By KingLRob1

  • Ho Chi Minh Declares Independence of Vietnam

  • France recognizes Vietnam as a "free state" within the French Union.

  • Elysee Agreement Signed

  • US Pledges $15M to Aid French

  • Eisenhower Cites "Domino Theory" Regarding Southeast Asia

  • French Leave Vietnam

  • Communist Insurgency into South Vietnam

  • Kennedy Elected President

  • Vietcong Formed

  • President Kennedy Assassinated in Dallas

  • Gulf of Tonkin Incident

  • LBJ Defeats Goldwater

  • Operation "Rolling Thunder" Deployed

  • B-52s Bomb North Vietnam

  • Martin Luther King Speaks Out Against War

  • MLK killed in Memphis

  • Richard Nixon Elected President

  • Ho Chi Minh Dies at Age 79

  • Kent State Incident

  • Number of US Troops Falls to 280K

  • Nixon Wins Reelection

  • Nixon Cuts Troop Levels by 70K

  • Last American Troops Leave Vietnam

  • Hearings on Secret Bombings Begin

  • Vietnam War Ends