Timeline Flashcards
1862
Vietnam becomes part of French empire
1890
Ho chi Minh born
1930
Ho Chi Minh helped to form Indo-Chinese communist party
1941
Vietminh forced to counter Japanese invasion
1945
- Japan hand Vietnam to Vietminh
- Ho Chi Minh declared Democratic republic of Vietnam
- French troops arrive back in Vietnam
1946
War broke out Between France and Vietminh
1949
Communist china allow Vietminh to train in china away from French attacks
1954
- Dien Bien Phu- goal defeats France
- Geneva peace conference
- split Vietnam
- withdraw French troops - US promise to aid worth $100 million to Diem
1955
- Diem becomes president of South Vietnam
- US agree to train Diem’s army
1957
Vietminh start campaign of gierrilla warfare
1959
- first American casualties- advisors killed
- Ho Chi Minh trail first used
1960
NLF formed in Hanoi- known as VC
1961
President Johnson visits Saigon- pledges extra aid to south Vietnam
1962
Number of military advisers increase from
700- 12000
1963
President Diem killed
1964
Gulf of Tonkin
1965
- Operation rolling thunder started
- first US troops sent to Vietnam (march)
1966
400,000 US troops in Vietnam
1967
- 490,000 US troops in Vietnam
- Thieu becomes president of South Vietnam
1968
- my Lai Massacre
- TET Offensive
- demonstration against war starts in USA
- peace talks in Paris start
- 540000 US troops in Vietnam
1969
- My Lai massacre made public (November)
- vietnamisation starts
- Nixon orders secret (unofficial) bombing on Cambodia
- Ho Chi Minh dies
- 480,000 US troops
1970
- Kent state university protest
- secret peace talks in Paris
- 280,000 US troops
1971
- Lt William Calley convicted
- 140,000 US troops
1973
- cease fire signed in Paris
- last US troops left in Vietnam
- PoW’d released
1975
- fall of Saigon
