Vietnam War 2
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- 1930
- Ho Chi Minh organizes Indochinese communist party
- 1932
- Bao Dai returns from france to reign as french puppet
- September 1940
- Japan takes over Indochina, but allows French to retain control, Oil boycott by UK and uS
- 1945
- OSS saves Ho Chi Minh from malaria
- August 1945
- Japan surrenders, Ho creates Viet Minh, Bao Dai abdicates
- September 2, 1945
- Ho Chi Minh reads decleration of independence from under French rule
- September 26, 1945
- First US killed in Vietnam, OSS lieutenant Dewey
- November 1946
- France shells Haiphong, open war between Fr and Viet Minh
- 1950
- US recognizes Bao Dai government, aids france in war, Chinese aid Ho
- May 7 1954
- Giap defeats France at Diem Bien Phu, French Indochina war ends
- June 1954
- Bao Dai makes Ngo Dinh Diem prime minister in south
- July 20, 1954
- Geneva Accords, Diem president
- October 24, 1954
- Eisenhower pledges support to Diem
- 1955
- Diem organizes republic of vietnam, declares self president
- 1956
- fighting between north and south
- July 8, 1959
- The first American combat deaths in Vietnam occur when Viet Cong attack Bien Hoa billets; two servicemen are killed.
- 1960
- Viet Cong/National Liberation Front founded
- February 1961
- US military advisors to Vietnam
- June 16 1963
- Buddhist immolations against Diem and his brother
- June 20, 1964
- Westmoreland as head of us foces
- November 1, 1963
- Diem assassinated
- May 4, 1964
- Trade embargo against north
- August 2&4, 1964
- Tonkin Gulf Incident
- August 7, 1964
- Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
- March 8, 1965
- first US troops to vietnam
- April 17, 1965
- Students for a democratic society launch first major protest in washington
- October 15, 1965
- American protests in 40 cities
- June 1965
- Generals Nguyen Cao Ky and Nguyen Van Thieu seize the South Vietnamese government
- Nov 14, 1965
- First major engagement between US and Viet Minh
- September 1967
- Thieu elected president of South
- Oct 21, 1967
- 50,000 demonstrate against war in DC
- January 21, 1968
- battle of Khe Sanh begins
- January 31, 1968
- Tet offensive begins
- March 16, 1968
- Calley kills unarmed civillians
- May 10, 1968
- Peace talks
- May 10, 1969
- Battle for Hamburger Hill
- June 8, 1969
- Nixon announces first troop withdrawals
- Sept 3, 1969
- Ho Chi MInh dies
- Nov 16, 1969
- 250,000 people demonstrate DC
- December 1, 1969
- first lottery draft since 1942
- April 30, 1970
- US and South Vietnam invade Cambodia
- May 4, 1970
- Kent State massacre
- May 6, 1970
- 100+ college closings due to riots
- Feb, 1971
- US invades Laos and Ho Chi Minh trail
- December 1972
- Bombing of Hanoi
- December 28, 1972
- Vietnam to paris peace talks if bombing stops
- Jan 23, 1973
- Paris Peace Accords
- March 29, 1973
- last us troops leave Vietnam