Vietnam War

By MaxaMillion85

  • Start of the Vietnam War

    First Indochina war, Viet Minh declare fighting against French colonial rule.

  • China providing

    China provides the Viet Minh with military supervisors and weapons. In return the US provides France with 15 million in military aid to France.
  • Viet Minh defeat French

    Viet Minh defeat French

    Viet Minh force surrender upon the French in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu.
  • South Vietnam Independence

    South Vietnam Independence

    South Vietnam declares itself the Republic of Vietnam

  • Communist began insurgency

    Communists asassinate more than 400 Souith Vietnamese officials

  • Hanoi Government

    Hanio Government forms the National Liberation Front (NLF)

  • General Nguyen Khanh

    General Nguyen Khanh takes power in South Vietnam. Three North Vietnamese boats fire torpedoes at US destroyer in international waters.
  • Bombing North Vietnam

    Bombing North Vietnam

    The US begins Operation Rolling Thunder bombing North Vietnam for three years.

  • North Vietnamese and Vietcong forces

    Over 100 Southern Vietnamese cities and towns under siege by North Vietnamese and Vietcong

  • Nixon approves "Operation Breakfast"

    Covert bombing operations on North Vietnamese supply routes and base camps in Cambodia.
  • US troops attack Cambodia

    US troops attack Cambodia

    Nixon announces that US troops will attack enemy locations in Cambodia.

  • North Vietnamese cross DMZ

    North Vietnamese cross de-militarized zone known as Easter Offensive to attack South Vietnam

  • End of War

    Vietnam is unified under communist rule as the Socalist Republic of Vietnam