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Vietnam War Timeline Of Events

By ryanl56
  • Ho Chi Minh Declares Independence From France (Abroad)

    Ho Chi Minh Declares Independence From France (Abroad)

    -Countries Involved: Vietnam, France
    -Political Effect
    -Chain of War Begins
    -First Indochina War Begins
  • Vietnam Divides Into North And South Vietnam (Abroad)

    Vietnam Divides Into North And South Vietnam (Abroad)

    -Countries Involved: Vietnam
    -Political Effect
    -Domino Effect Introduced
  • Eisenhower Starts US Military Aid To South Vietnam (At Home)

    Eisenhower Starts US Military Aid To South Vietnam (At Home)

    -Political Effect
    -US loses and communism spreads
    -Domino Theory Created
  • President John F. Kennedy Is Shot (At Home)

    President John F. Kennedy Is Shot (At Home)

    -Social Effect
    -Lyndon Johnson Becomes New US President
    -Public Outraged and Depressed
  • Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution (At Home)

    Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution (At Home)

    -Political Effect
    -US Involvement In Vietnam Increases
  • Intense Bombing Of Vietnam By US Begins (Abroad)

    Intense Bombing Of Vietnam By US Begins (Abroad)

    -Countries Involved: United States, Vietnam
    -Political Effect
    -US is now in the war
    -Air strikes against North and South Vietnam sustain over the next few years
  • Nguyen Cao Ky Seizes Power In South Vietnam (Abroad)

    Nguyen Cao Ky Seizes Power In South Vietnam (Abroad)

    -Countries Involved: Vietnam
    -Political Effect
    -Stable Government = More Focus On War
  • Anti-War Protests Erupt (At Home)

    Anti-War Protests Erupt (At Home)

    -Social Effect
    -Violent Confrontations With Police Grow
  • Tet Offensive (Abroad)

    Tet Offensive (Abroad)

    -Countries Involved: Vietnam
    -Political Impact
    -40,000 lives lost from fighting
  • Nixon Elected (At Home)

    Nixon Elected (At Home)

    -Political
    -Troops start leaving Vietnam
  • Vietnamization Introduced (At Home)

    Vietnamization Introduced (At Home)

    -Political Effect
    -Soldiers start to slowly leave Vietnam
    -South Vietnam takes on more military responsibility
  • Kent State Protests Erupt (At Home)

    Kent State Protests Erupt (At Home)

    -Social Effect
    -Four Students in Ohio Die
  • Cambodia Bombed (Abroad)

    Cambodia Bombed (Abroad)

    -Countries Involved: Cambodia, US, Vietnam
    -Political Effect
    -Civil War and chaos erupts in Cambodia soon thereafter
  • 26th Amendment (At Home)

    26th Amendment (At Home)

    -Political Effect
    -Voting age is lowered to 18 years old
  • Paris Peace Accords Signed (Abroad)

    Paris Peace Accords Signed (Abroad)

    -Countries Involved: France, US, Vietnam
    -Political Effect
    -War Ends And US Withdraws Last Troops
  • War Powers Act (At Home)

    War Powers Act (At Home)

    -Political Effect
    -President can no longer send military into action for over 60 days without Congress' approval
  • North Vietnam Launches A Series Of Strikes Against South Vietnam (Abroad)

    North Vietnam Launches A Series Of Strikes Against South Vietnam (Abroad)

    -Countries Involved: Vietnam
    -Political Effect
    -South Vietnam Forced Into Retreat
  • South Vietnam Forced Into Retreat (Abroad)

    South Vietnam Forced Into Retreat (Abroad)

    -Countries Involved: Vietnam
    -Political Effect
    -Convoy Of Tears Occurs: Thousands of soldiers killed
  • Evacuation Of US Soldiers From Saigon (At Home)

    Evacuation Of US Soldiers From Saigon (At Home)

    -Political Effect
    -South Vietnam Eventually Surrenders To Communism
  • South Vietnam Surrenders (Abroad)

    South Vietnam Surrenders (Abroad)

    -Countries Involved: Vietnam
    -Political Effect
    -Vietnam united under communist government