Vietnam Timeline Sophia Hanreiter

  • 1945-1954
  • French Indo China
  • Domino Theory
  • used by the U.S. to show non communist regime in South Vietnam
  • Geneva Accords 1954
  • settlement to end French Indochina war
  • Ngo Dinh Diem
  • Prime minister of Vietnam
  • Catholic Leader
  • Mao Zedong
  • Chairman of Communist Party of China
  • Guerilla warfare
  • fought by people not involved in government forces
  • 1955-United States came into full force
  • 1956
  • Dwight D Eisenhower
  • 34th president of the United States
  • South Vietnam
  • Republic of Vietnam
  • 1960 Vietcong- located in South Vietnam with own army
  • 1961-63
  • 1961- Kennedy sent 16,000 military advisors known as "american advisors" to fight Vietnam's troops
  • Agent Orange (61-71)- used to kill crops used by U.S army and also spread illnesses because of chemical reactants
  • Gulf of Tonkin
  • two confrontations in the gulf
  • North Vietnam boats attacked by the U.S.
  • Napalm- used in war as a liquid flammable to evacuate cities
  • 1964-1968
  • Lyndon b Johnson
  • failed to lead country out of Vietnam War
  • 36th president
  • Ho Chi Minh Trail
  • used for trade
  • 1968- Tet Offensive launched as a military campaign
  • 1969-1975
  • Richard Nixon
  • 37th president of the U.S.
  • North Vietnam 1945-1976
  • Democratic Republic of Vietnam
  • China fought in Third Indo China War 1979

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