TIMELINE

HO CHI MINH TAKES POWER

• 1941
• Communist leader
• http://famousdaily.com/history/ho-chi-minh-control-hanoi-vietnam.html

GENEVA ACCORDS

• 1954
• The Geneva Accords of 1954 were designed to secure peace in Vietnam but would eventually contribute to war.
• http://alphahistory.com/vietnam/geneva-accords-of-1954/

EISENHOWER ANNOUNCES DOMINO THEORY

• 1954
• As one state in a region fell to communism the others would soon follow
• http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/eisenhower-gives-famous-domino-t...

VIETCONG FORMED

• 1955
• Political organization and army in south Vietnam and Cambodia
• Fought U.S. and south Vietnam gov. Furring Vietnam war
• http://www.xtimeline.com/evt/view.aspx?id=795328

JFK ASSASSINATION

• 1963
• Shot by lee Harvey Oswald
• LBJ sworn in as soon as Kennedy pronounced dead
• http://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/

GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION

• 1964
• Gave LBJ authorization for use of conventional military force in SE asia
• Without formal declaration of war by congress
• http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=98

OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER

• 1965
• 2nd air division
• Objective: boost sagging morale of Saigon regime in republic. Of Vietnam

IA DRANG VALLEY BATTLE

• 1965
• Between U.S. and north Vietnam
• Considered U.S. Army's first battle in Vietnam
• http://www.hadit.com/vaclaimslibrary/vietnam/the_battle_of_ia_drang_valley....

TET OFFENSIVE

• 1968
• A series of surprise attacks by the Vietcong and north Vietnamese
• http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1862.html

MY LAI MASSACRE

• 1968
• Vietnam was mass murder of between 347 to 504 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam
• http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/my_lai_massacre.htm

PARIS PEACE TALKS BEGIN

• 1968
• Intended to establish peace in Vietnam
• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/honor/peopleevents/e_paris.html

RICHARD NIXON ELECTED

• 1968
• Sworn in by political rival, Chief Justice earl warren
• Approved "secret" bombing on north Vietnam
• http://www.historycentral.com/elections/1968.html

VIETNAMIZATION ANNOUNCED

• 1969
• U.S. policy during Vietnam War,giving the South Vietnamese gov. responsibility for carrying on war
• So as to allow for the withdrawal of American troops.
• http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Vietnamization

KENT STATE INCIDENT

• 1970
• Massacre at Kent State University
• Students killed by National Guard units
• http://www.history.com/topics/kent-state

CEASE FIRE SIGNED

• 1973
• A cessation of hostilities ; truce
• http://magpie118.tripod.com/History/Vietnam_War_cease59.htm

WAR POWERS ACT

• 1973
• An attempt to correct what congress and the public saw as excessive war making powers in the presidents hands
• http://usforeignpolicy.about.com/od/introtoforeignpolicy/a/The-War-Powers-A...

NIXON RISIGNS

• 1974
• Resigns because of mounting pressure of watergate scandal
• http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/watergate/articles/0...

FALL OF SIGON

• 1975
• Capture of south Vietnam capital Saigon
• By people's army and national liberation front
• http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1880.html