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Apr 29, 1428
1428 Freedom
The Vietnamese claim independence from China. Military Leader responsible: Le Loi, became the first Emporer of the newly claimed Vietnam. -
1883 French Colonization
The Vietnamese were taken over by the French. It was absorbed along with Laos and Cambodia to make Indochina where it became one of the richest colonial possesions. -
Japan takes Indochina
Japanese army takes over Indochina and threatens to take the rest of SouthEast Asia. -
French and Vietnamese Clash Once Again
The French and Veitnamese are in battle again, the Vietnamese and the U.S. policy fell because America saw that France was a key ally to have in order to take out Communism. -
United States bloody hold in South Korea
United States were held up in South Korea holding back the Communist Invasions. In Vietnam there were communist revolts, U.S. policymakers swear to hold the communist line in East Asia. -
Vietmihn Victory
The Vietmihn win against the French, which forced the French to surrender at Dien Bien Phu. -
The Geneva Conference
The resolution began in Geneva, Switzerland, it was to end the conflict between the Vietnamese and the French. -
General Elections in Veitnam
After Veitnam was divided in the 17th parallel, there was a run for elections. The Americans feared that the Communists would win, so they refused to support the agreement. -
NLF
Allie forces move South on the Vietmihn. The Vietminh form the NLF, which was going to overthrow Diem's government -
1963
The Secretary of Defence had advised the President to increase military forces in South Veitnam. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
An American Operation that bombed military targets to the North. -
Draft of 1965
The Draft happened due to the orders of the president, it called over 13,700 people. -
AntiWar Demonstration
The SDS held their first AntiWar demonstration at Washington, DC. It started all of the demonstrations that followed. -
Vietcong Strike
The Vietcong landed a massive attack on the United States Army in Vietnam. It led people to think why we were still fighting in the war. The Tet was the beggining of the Vietnam new year. The strike ended with 40,000 communists fighters dead. -
relief of troops and Cambodian bombing
When Nixon gained office, he started to take out troops from Vietnam. Later that year he ordered a bomb strike on Cambodia to show that the United States was still going to use force against the Hanoi. -
National Guard Fires on demonstrators
The Kent State Ohio Campus responds to the actions of the student that set fire to the ROTC building by opening fire into a demonstration group, some of the ones killed were just pedestrians on the sidewalk. The same thing happened in Mississippi which caused hundreds of students and faculty to go on strike. -
Congress repeal
Congress responds to the bombing of Cambodia by repealing the Tonkin Gulf Resolution. -
Pentagon Papers
A newpaper was publishing a collection of secret government documents called the Pentagon Papers, which told the people that they were being misled by the government. -
War growing more fierce
Instead of releaving pressures of war, Nixons plan provoked more war. North Vietnam wanted to expose their weakness, so they staged a mass invasion on South Vietnam. -
Diplomacy
France called a cease fire, they came to an agreement that both sides would win. They both took it. -
Collapse in Government
The South Vietnamese government fell, in which the North Vietnamese invaded and took over South Vietnam. The Americans had failed in the costly expence to keep Vietnam from becomming Communist. -
Veitnam Falls
Vietnam Surrenders, after the noose was tightened in Saigon, Americans who were still living there were evacuated, Vietnamese were also evacuated.