VIETNAM WAR

VIETNAM WAR

• North and South Vietnam were involved in the war.
• The war was fought in Vietnam in 1954-1975.
• The war started after the cold war when people were trying to
• prevent communism. U.S. helped to stop the spread. They also strengthned
• ties with France and supported South Vietnam to contain communism.

CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF THE FOLLOWING EVENTS

• Tonkin Gulf Resolution August 7, 1964
• My Lai Incident 1968
• Invasion of Comobodia April 30, 1970
• Kent State University Incident May 4, 1970

PRESIDENT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION

• President Johnson
• Asked to pass a resolution that said
• "To promote from maintenance of international peace and security in
• Southeast Asia". It was passed on August 7, 1964.

HO CHIN MINH TRAIL

• Ran along Locas/Combodia and Vietnam border
• Let troops travel to the south and used it for supplies
• (Weapons,food,equipment)

DOMINO THEORY

• President Eisenhower came up with it
• Idea that if a nation falls under communist control,
• nearby nations will also fall under communist control.

CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF PRESIDENTS '50 & '60'S

• Roosevelt
• Truman
• Eisenhower
• Kennedy
• Johnson

VIETCONG, VIETMINH, ARMY OF REPUBLIC

• Vietcong-military army of the national liberation front
• created by north vietnamese to escalte armed struggle in south.
• Vietminh-communist and nationalist group that fought against
• Japanese occupation and ended French colonialism.

VIETCONG, VIETMINH, ARMY OF REPUBLIC CONTINUED

• Army of Republic
• Part of the French Union forces that fought the
• Vietminh in the first Indochina war, was equipped
• by the U.S. throughout the war

TET OFFENSIVE

• Massive surprise attack by the Vietcong
• on South Vietnamese towns and cities.
• It started on January 30th, 1968.

INVASION OF CAMBODIA

• Nixon authorized the incursion of
• U.S. Military forces into Cambodia in order
• to disrupt the supply lines of the Vietcong
• and destroy their base in Cambodia.

VIETNAM AFTER U.S. LEFT

• South Vietnamese forces were soon defeated, then
• two years later North Vietnamese took over Saigon.
• Vietnam became a country united under communist rule.

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TIMELINE

• Until WWII France ruled most of Indochina
• 1940 Japan took control of Vietnam
• Aug.1945 Japan forced to leave Vietnam
• Sept.1945 Vietnam declared itself a free nation
• End of 1945 France reclaims Vietnam

TIMELINE CONTINUED

• 1950 U.S. Enters Vietnam struggle
• 1954 France surrended
• Vietnam was split into 17th parallel
• 1968 My Lai massacre
• 1968 Robert Kennedy assassinated

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