Vietnam Timeline Flashcards
1
Q
1864
A
Vietnam under France
2
Q
1887
A
Indochina
3
Q
1941
A
Hoe chi Minh organised Vietminh
4
Q
1945
A
Viêt-minh seize power
Emperor Bao Dai abdicates
5
Q
1946
A
Guerrilla war against France
- first indochina war - aided by China
- Bai Dai with France
6
Q
1952
A
Dwight Eisenhower
- policy of nation building
7
Q
1954
A
SEATO
17th parallel
-Viêt-cong in south
Geneva agreement
-Laos and Cambodia independent
Domino theory
8
Q
1955
A
MAAG
- train sorry military
- official beginning of the war
9
Q
1961
A
NLF formed
John F Kennedy
-first advisers(400/ two helicopter companies)
10
Q
1962
A
1500 advisers
11
Q
1963
A
Diem overthrows and killed
Kennedy assassinated
- > Lyndon B Johnson
- policy of escalation
- bombing of north
12
Q
1964
A
Gulf of tonkin
-Increase US involvement
230 000 servicemen
13
Q
1965
A
165 000 servicemen
-operation rolling thunder
Peace movement
14
Q
1966
A
Big build up
15
Q
1967
A
500 000 servicemen
