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chronology of vietnam with facts Flashcards

1
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1945-1950

A

Japanese occupy vietnam

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pre 1945

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French colonised indochina

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1946-1954

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battle bien phu

French pushed out by Vietminh

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1954

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geneva agreement

(split along the 17th parallel, general elections before 1956, south vietnam ruled by dieh diem, north vietnam ruled by- ho chi minh)

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5
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1955

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die diem rigged the election

landslide victory of 98%

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6
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1954

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eisenhower’s domino theory

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7
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vietcong formed

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December 1960

National liberation front, supported and supplied by Ho Chi Minh, used guerrilla warfare

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1961

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JFK becomes president

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9
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quang duc self immolation

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1963

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10
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diem killed in a coup

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1963

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gulf of tonkin incident ( gulf of tonkin resolution)

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1964

Tonkin resolution- gave LBJ a blank check, operation rolling thunder started, more boots on the ground 500,000 by 1969

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12
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1961

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strategic hamlet programme

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13
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draft burning

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1964

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operation rolling thunder

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1965

operation rolling thunder - ran from Feb 1965 to Nov 1969, meant to only last 8 weeks, 800,000 tonnes of bombs dropped

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tet offensive

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1968

Tet offensive- 84,000 Vietcong attacked the south, the US embassy was taken, took 4 weeks to regain Hue

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16
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my lai

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1968
( my lai massacre- massacre of villagers in My Lai by Charlie Company when only 3 weapons were found. This furthered Americans worries about the Vietnam war because if this had been covered up what else had been)

17
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when was my lai revealed to the public

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1969

18
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bombing of Cambodia (operation menu)

battle of hamburger hill

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may 1969

19
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25,000 troops withdrawn

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june 1969

(Vietnamisation- policy by Nixon to train ARVN so he could remove American soldiers

20
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washington anti war protest

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august 1969

21
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final public peace talks

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december 1969

22
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secret peace talks

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1970

23
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us invades cambodia

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april 1970

24
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kent state massacre

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may 1970

25
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invasion of laos

operation menu

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1971

26
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nixon visits china

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february 1972

27
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operation line backer

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march 1972

28
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north vietnam proposes a ceasefire USA accepts

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october 1972

29
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paris peace accords

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January 1973
( Paris Peace Accords- ended the Vietnam war for the US, war cost $140 billion and was costing$30 billion a year, 300 US soldiers died every week overall 58,000 US soldiers died)

30
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last US troops leave

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march 1973

31
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fall of saigon and all of vietnam is communist

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1975

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