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