Vietnam

Vietnam War

By hmatsumoto2
  • Battle of Dien Bien Phu

    Battle of Dien Bien Phu

    First Indochina War between the French Union's French Far East Expeditionary Corps and Viet Minh communists.
  • Geneva Accords

    Geneva Accords

    Vietnam split into two countries splitting them at the 17th parallel North.
  • Gulf of Tonkin Incident

    Gulf of Tonkin Incident

    Also known as the USS Maddox incident, the USS Maddox was radar sweeping the area when a Vietnam boat torpedoed the boat.
  • Tet Offensive

    Tet Offensive

    A lot of North Vietnam guerrilla fighters came through these tunnels and killed a lot of U.S. soldiers.
  • My Lai Massacre

    My Lai Massacre

    A mass murder of unarmed civilians in South Vietnam done by U.S. soldiers. Women were raped and left to die with a total of 347 death according to the United States Army.
  • Kent State Massacre

    Kent State Massacre

    The Ohio National Guard killed 4 people at Kent State University for protesting the Vietnam War
  • War Powers Act

    War Powers Act

    A federal law intended to check the president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress.