BY REBECCA RECHKIN

COMMUNIST NORTH SUPPORTED BY SOVIET UNION AND CHINA. SOUTH SUPPORTED BY U.S.

HO CHI MINH WAS A REVOLUTIONARY AND COMMUNIST WHO WANTED FREEDOM.

THEY ASKED THE US FOR AID, BUT THE US REFUSED.

US SENDS AID TO THE FRENCH TO TRY AND CONTAIN COMMUNISM

FRENCH LOSES A MAJOR BATTLE AND PULLS OUT OF VIETNAM, BUT VIETNAM IS DIVIDED.

WAR HAS STARTED AND WILL LAST 20 YEARS

AN ELECTION MEANT TO UNITE COUNTRY ENDED WITH 2 LEADERS.

NORTH: HO CHI MINH(COMMUNIST) SOUTH: NGO DINH DIEM(US SUPPORTED)

HO CHI MINH DECLARED WAR IN ORDER TO UNITE VIETNAM

US MILITARY ADVISORS BEGIN TO TAKE ACTION

GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION IS PASSED BY THE ALLOWING US TROOPS ARMED FORCE

US BOMBS NORTH VIETNAM IN OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER

NORTH VIETNAM ATTACKS NEAR 100 CITIES IN SOUTH VIETNAM DURING TET OFFENSIVE

PRESIDENT NIXON BEGINS WITHDRAWING US TROOPS

NORTH VIETNAM ATTACKS SOUTH VIETNAM IN THE EASTERN OFFENSIVE

A PEACE AGREEMENT WAS MADE

SOUTH VIETNAM SURRENDERED TO THE NORTH AND VIETNAM BECAME COMMUNIST.

US TROOPS WERE RESTRICTED AND UNABLE TO ATTACK THE NORTH FROM 1965 TO 1969

THE SOUTH LOST THE WAR ALONG WITH THE US

THE NORTH WON THE WAR AND VIETNAM BECAME A COMMUNIST COUNTRY

THE JUNGLES OF VIETNAM MADE FINDING THE ENEMY DIFFICULT

US AND THE SOVIET UNION DID NOT GO TO WAR BUT THEY SUPPORTED DIFFERENT SIDES

58,220 US SOLDIERS

195,000-430,000 South Vietnam, 50,000-65,000 North Vietnam

171,331-220,357 SOUTH VIETNAM, AROUND 444,000 NORTH VIETNAM

PEOPLE OPPOSED/PROTESTED THE WAR. EXPENSIVE AND EFFECTED FOREIGN POLICIES.

THIS "PROXY" WAR EFFECTED THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN US AND COMMUNIST COUNTRIES

READING, HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/VIETNAM_WAR_CASUALTIES, http://www.pbs.org/johngardner/chapters/4a.html