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Vietnam War timeline

  • Ho Chi Minh and the creation of the Viet Minh

    Ho Chi Minh and the creation of the Viet Minh

    This was made to fight off japansee and France. te Viet Minh were a way to show independence in veitnam.
  • The First Indochina War

    The First Indochina War

    The Battle of Hanoi
    border issues
    gain supply
  • American Aids France

    American Aids France

    France was struggling, so America aided them with over 7 million dollars, 5 million towards economic aid and 4 million towards military aid.
  • The domino theory

    The domino theory

    The fear of communism spreading all over the world and everyone turning communist because the people around them are.
  • The Geneva Accords

    The Geneva Accords

    settle issues from the Korean War and the First Indochina War, which involved several nations. It took place in Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Use of Agent Orange

    Use of Agent Orange

    A spray that the us dropped to clear out the forests so they could see were to bomb better.
  • Diem's assassination

    Diem's assassination

    Diem and his brother were kidnapped and killed shortly after. He was the president of South Vietnam. He was not a good person and did bad things to his peopl.e he wouldn't hold countrywide elections, and he ran an unfair government
  • The gulf of Tonkin Incident

    The gulf of Tonkin Incident

    The president gets the final say in what happens with the military without Congress's approval
  • The Tet Offensive

    The Tet Offensive

    a type of fighting with a lot of coordinated surprise attacks
  • My Lai Massacre

    My Lai Massacre

    A brutal attack on a Vietnamese village where many innocent men, women, and children lost their lives.
  • Vietnamization/ US pulling troops

    Vietnamization/ US pulling troops

    escalating cost
    veitnamazation failing
  • Wars Powers Act

    Wars Powers Act

    limits the president's ability to send troops without congressional approval.
  • The Fall of Saigon

    The Fall of Saigon

    this marked the end of the vietnam war