Timeline-Vietnam

Question 1

Pre-1945

Answer 1

> Indochina ruled by French Empire
exploited for natural resources (eg Tin)

Question 2

WW2 1939-45

Answer 2

> Japanese tried taking over Indochina
Vietminh form under Ho Chi Minh

Question 3

1946-54

Answer 3

> Indochina war
Vietnam vs France

Question 4

1952

Answer 4

> Eisenhower elected next US President
SEATO alliance

Question 5

1954

Answer 5

> Dien Bien Phu- 50K Vietnamese VS 10K French
Geneva agreement - Vietnam split on 17th parallel
South controlled by Diem
North controlled by Ho Chi Minh

Question 6

1955

Answer 6

> Diem’s election(rigged badly) 98.2%
Geneva Agreement broken^
Diem’s: nepotism, arrested 100,000 opposition

Question 7

1960

Answer 7

> Vietcong form against Diem(In South)

Question 8

1961

Answer 8

93% US own TVs
>JKF becomes President of US

Question 9

1963

Answer 9

> Diem killed
Buddhist protests-self-immolation

Question 10

1964

Answer 10

> Gulf of Tonkin/Tonkin Resolution
USS Maddox attacked which gave LBJ a black check to put boots on ground

Question 11

May 1965

Answer 11

> SDS led a march to Washington
100,000 joined

Question 12

1965

Answer 12

> Operation Rolling Thunder
supposed to last 8 weeks, lasted 3 years
250,000 troops sent into Vietnam

Question 13

1967

Answer 13

> MLK against war-racism at home was bad, why are they fighting for somewhere else when the US needs improvements?
Veterans Against War founded

Question 14

1968

Answer 14

> 31st January TET OFFENSIVE -North & Vietcong attacked South cities (Saigon, Nha Trang) & US strongholds
Vietnamese-60,000 casualties & US + South-less than 10,000 casualties
MY LAI MASSACRE - killed 350-550 by Charlie Company

Question 15

January 1969

Answer 15

> Nixon asked his representative Henry Cabot Lodge to go to Paris to begin Peace Talks with North Vietnam

Question 16

August 1969

Answer 16

> Woodstock Music Festival
opportunity for anti-war singers to PROTEST

Question 17

1969

Answer 17

> Vietnamization by Nixon-84,000/540,000 troops taken out
500,00 protests
30% US troops on drugs

Question 18

December 1969

Answer 18

Henry Cabot Lodge resigns , no progress in Peace Talks

Question 19

February 1970

Answer 19

Henry Kissinger does secret Peace Talks in Paris

Question 20

April 1970

Answer 20

> Cambodia Invaded - Operation Menu
4th May Kent State protest because of ^ then became a shooting killing 4, injuring 5

Question 21

8th February 1971

Answer 21

> Laos Invaded- Operation Barrel Roll

Question 22

April 1971

Answer 22

> Veterans Against War tossed their medals onto Washington Steps
More than 8000 joined

Question 23

January 1972

Answer 23

> Nixon’s speech-revealed secret peace talks
“peace with honour”

Question 24

February 1972

Answer 24

> Nixon visits China to improve relations between China and the USA

Question 25

March 1972

Answer 25

> North Vietnam launched an attack in the South
Nixon orders the bombing of Hanoi in retaliation

Question 26

May 1972

Answer 26

> Nixon visits the USSR to improve relations between USA and USSR

Question 27

October 1972

Answer 27

> North Vietnam suggest an ‘in place’ ceasefire
A new Vietnamese government with free elections
Nixon agrees and gives $1Billion of military equipment to South incase they need it

Question 28

27th January 1973

Answer 28

> Paris Peace Accord is agreed and signed:
an immediate ceasefire
All P.O.W released within 60 days
All US troops to leave within 60 days
Free elections to be held in the South

Question 29

March 1973

Answer 29

> Last US troops leave Vietnam

Question 30

December 1974

Answer 30

> Nixon caught in a scandal(Watergate scandal) and so must resign
Next US President Ford failed to win support of US congress to support South Vietnam
Communist North attacked South regardless of Paris Peace Accord

Question 31

30th April 1975

Answer 31

> Capital city of Saigon is renamed Ho Chi Minh
Vietnam is communist
After 30 years of struggle and conflict, the conflict was over
US has failed to prevent the spread of communism into South Vietnam