EVENTS THAT HAPPENED FIRST TO LAST

• Tonkin gulf resolution-1964
• My lai incident-1968
• Invasion of combodia-1970
• Ksu incident-1978

The Vietnam War was the prolonged struggle between nationalist forces attempting to unify the country of Vietnam under a communist government and the United States (with the aid of the South Vietnamese) attempting to prevent the spread of communism. Engaged in a war that many viewed as having no way to win, U.S. leaders lost the American public's support for the war. Since the end of the war, the Vietnam War has become a benchmark for what not to do in all future U.S. foreign conflicts.

The u.s entered the war to stop the spread of communism in South Asia

President Johnson received broad authority to use American forces in Vietnam on August 7,1964 which was known as the Tonkin gulf resolution.

Presidents from the 50's to 60's
FDR,Harry Truman,Dwight Eisenhower,John Kennedy,Lyndon Johnson,Richard Nixon

Over 90% of all draftees were In the 18-20 range by the time they were drafted and undergone

Gen william westmoreland Was the commander of the u.s troop in Vietnam

A person who refuses to serve in the military because of moral or religious belief is conscientious Objector

The credibility gap was a political term that came into wide use during the 1960s and 1970s.at the time it was most frequently used to describe public skepticism about the Johnson administration statements and policies on the Vietnam wat
War.

Tet Offensive (1968): U.S. troops had been in Vietnam for three years before the Tet Offensive, and most of the fighting they had encountered were small skirmishes involving guerilla tactics. Although the U.S. had more aircraft, better weapons, and hundreds of thousands of trained soldiers, they were stuck in a stalemate against the Communist forces in North Vietnam and the guerilla forces in South Vietnam (known as the Viet Cong). The United States was discovering that traditional warfare tactics did not necessarily work well in the jungle against the guerilla warfare tactics they were facing.

The war power act is an act of congress passed after the Vietnam war

In April 1970,u.s military forced in combodia In order to disrupt the supply line of the Vietcong and destroy their bases in combodia being to support the operation in south Vietnam

The south Vietnamese forces were soon defeated then 2 years later north Vietnam took over Saigon Vietnam became a country united under the communist rule

One of the most controversial aspects of United States involvement in the Vietnam war was the killing of 504 unarmed Vietnamese civilians by an American infantry company at a hamlet In south Vietnam on March 13,1968.