Vietnam war By jacobblankenship May 1, 1945 World War II ends Oct 10, 1945 Japan surrenders at the end orf world war 2 Dec 20, 1953 Korean conflict ends Aug 1, 1954 Communist forces, defeted the French colonial army After the Vietnamese Communist forces, or Viet Minh, defeated the French colonial army at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 Jan 16, 1955 South Vietnamese monarchy was abolished Sep 5, 1956 signers of the Geneva accords hoped that elections to unify the two republics could be scheduled Jul 3, 1964 In the United States small movement of opposition to the war was within certain quarters Mar 8, 1965 3,500 United States Marines became the first American combat troops to land in South Vietnam Aug 18, 1965 Operation Starlite began as the first major American ground battle of the war Jan 30, 1968 enemy, supposedly on the verge of collapse, mounted the Tet Offensive Feb 1, 1968 a suspected Viet Cong officer was summarily executed Jul 16, 1968 President Lyndon Johnson began his re-election campaign
