Vietnam War

By jessicahutchinson

  • Independent Vietnam

    Independent Vietnam
    Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam independent after pushing Japan out with his nationalist group, the Vietminh.

  • Battle of Dien Bien Phu

    Battle of Dien Bien Phu
    The Vietminh and French troops battle in the town of Dien Bien Phu, a small outpost on the Vietnam border outside of Laos. The Vietminh are victorious.

  • Geneva Accords

    Geneva Accords
    This conference divided Vietnam along the 17th parallel. Ho Chi Minh controlled North Vietnam. There was a pro-western regime in South Vietnam.

  • Gulf of Tonkin

    Gulf of Tonkin
    Also known as USS Maddox, it was an international confrontation that led to the US engaging more directly in the Vietnam War. North Vietnamese torpedo boats fired on two American destroyers.

  • Tonkin Gulf Resolution

    Tonkin Gulf Resolution
    This allowed President Johnson to take any measures that were necessary to retaliate and promote international peace.

  • Operation Rolling Thunder

    Operation Rolling Thunder
    The Vietcong began attacking US bases where American advisers were stationed. Johnson order a massive bombing in North Vietnam, which is seen as the official beginning of the war.

  • Tet Offensive

    Tet Offensive
    This was the largest military campaign of the Vietnam War against South Vietnam and US. It was surprise attacks against military and civilian command.

  • My Lai Massacre

    My Lai Massacre
    A mass murder of unarmed Vietnamese civilians by US troops in South Vietnam. More than 500 people were killed.

  • Paris Peace Agreement

    Paris Peace Agreement
    Officially titled the "Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam, it established peace in Vietnam by ending the Vietnam War.

  • Fall of Saigon

    Fall of Saigon
    Saigon was a city with US presence, but they fled and it quickly fell to North Vietnam. It was renamed Ho Chi Minh City later in honor of their leader.