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Domino Theory coined
On April 1954, during the battle of Viet Minh and French forces at Dien Bien Phu, President Dwight D. Eisenhower articulated the event as the "falling domino" principle and because of this theory the future wars avoided this theory to prevent WW3 -
Geneva Accords
On July, 1954 the Geneva Agreements was signed which was a agreement that the French agreed to withdraw their troops from Northern Vietnam and that Vietnam itself would be temporarily divided at the 17th parallel. -
Assassination of Diem
On November 2, 1963, Ngo Dinh Diem, who was the President of South Vietnam was assassinated and people believed the CIA was involved because they needed to get rid of a corrupt leader -
LBJ ordered 1st troops to Vietnam
In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson deployed the first troops in Vietnam in response to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident of August 2 & 4, which in a way was seen as a excuse to enter the battle. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
This event was the trigger that allowed U.S. to be involved in the Vietnam War and not only that but on August 7, 1964, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing President Johnson to take any measures he believed was necessary to retaliate -
Tet Offensive
On January 31, through September 23, a coordinated attacked made by North Vietnamese soldiers attacked more than 100 cities and outpost of South Vietnam with the purpose to push back the U.S. soldiers involvement with the war, but the important thing was that they attacked from Cambodia, a neutral place were U.S. soldiers couldn't attack, which made it a struggling battle for the U.S. -
My Lai Massacre
On March 16, 1968, one of the most horrific incidents of violence occurred against unarmed civilians in the Vietnam War. A group of American soldiers were told that there was a army waiting for them at a village and were told to do anything but what they didn't know was that there wasn't any army waiting there, they were just civilians and the elderly, mothers & fathers, children were murdered. -
Nixon’s Vietnamization policy
It was the policy that ended U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War and now gave the responsibility of fighting to war to the army of South Vietnam and from that day, U.S. troops start to return home -
Nixon sends troops into Cambodia
On April 29, 1970 through July 22, 1970, Nixon sent U.S. troops to Cambodia with the objective to capture the COSVN and disrupt the bases North Vietnamese soldiers had there and cut supply lines -
Kent State shooting
The Kent State shooting was also known as the Kent State Massacre because on that day there were 4 killings and 9 wounded of Kent State University Students and the protest occurred because the people wanted to oppose the expanding involvement of the Vietnam War -
Hard Hat Riot
On May 8, 1970, the Hard Hats appeared and went up against the 1,000 people affiliated with the student strike of 1970 that were ant-war of Vietnam and because of this, these Hard Hats were seen as heroes for a short time. -
Nixon’s Christmas bombing
On December 18, 1972, Nixon ordered a bombing to North Vietnam and the effect of it was that 1,600 civilian lives from Vietnam were lost and over 20,000 bombs was deployed on them on the Cities of Hanoi and Haiphong. -
Paris Peace Accords
On January 27, 1973, the Paris Peace Accords was being held as a official agreement on ending the war and restoring peace in Vietnam and the peace treaty was signed, which established peace in Vietnam and ended the Vietnam War -
War Powers Act
On November 7, 1973, the War Powers Act was effective and the ability it had was a congressional resolution designed to limit the U.S. president's ability to initiate or escalate military actions abroad, which would help soldiers return home safely from a war or battle that wasn't worth fighting for like the Vietnam War -
Saigon Falls
On April 30, 1975, Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam was taken over by the Viet Cong and because of this the U.S. forces were forced to abandon the place and had to evacuate 7,000 U.S. citizens and South Vietnamese. Not only that but it forced the South Vietnamese to surrender and end the war.