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The Geneva accords/convention was a deal to have the french pull back troops that have been in control for over 75 years. This was important to vietnam becoming a controlled society and gaining a president -
A vietnam politician ,Ngô Đình Diệm, and the final prime minister of vietnam, was assasinated during a military coup. he was assininated because of his affairs with vietcong and brutal treatment led people to hate him. -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution authorized President Lyndon Johnson to “take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression” This was an important standpoint for the US and help way for many new things -
LBJ announced the increase of troops in Vietnam from seventy five thousand and one hundred twenty five thousand. This was significant because it showed that the president and military wanted to put more effort into the war -
American soldiers killed mostly everyone, including women and children , with no hesitation. around 500 unarmed civilians died for clearing the town out -
an attack of 100 + cities in southern vietnam, This was to start a offensive task against the rebellion in southern vietnam and to convince USA to fall back out of the war. -
Nixon , after a few years after running for governor, he decided to run for president and won, in a close call between Hubert Humphreys and George Wallace. His election was important to the vietnam war, diplomacy with china, creation of OSHA, and peace with the soviet union -
Nixons Vietnamization was a policy of the Richard Nixon administration to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War through a program, Its intention was to equip and train Nam soldiers while pulling back americas soldiers as well -
the hard hat riot started around noon when around 400 construction workers and around 800 office workers attacked around 1,000 demonstrators affiliated with the student strike of 1970. this was to press against the war going on and to show a strike between these people. -
President Nixon announced his decision to launch American forces into Cambodia with the special objective of capturing the communistic city iself to take over the operation at hand, this was important for pushing the war forward -
nixon visiting china is a historical reference to United States US President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to the People's Republic of China, where he met with Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong. this was important to making a alliance with china and keeping the peace with them. -
Following the breakdown of peace talks with North Vietnam just a few days earlier, President Nixon announces a massive bombing campaign to break the stalemate. For nearly two weeks, American bombers pounded North Vietnam. this was an important war event to wipe out some areas of north vietnam of soldiers fighting as enemies -
This accord, led the finally of the war in Vietnam and restored peace. this was important to everyone involved in the war because it meant suffrage of war stopped and was halted. -
After the watergate affairs , losing his political help, and threat of impeachment, nixon decided to resign as the president because he didnt want his fame as president to be known as impeachment . -
The Fall of Saigon, was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the Viet Cong on 30 April 1975 This was an important for the peoples army and vietnam for taking control of land and people