Vietminh controlled north of Vietnam and wanted rest of country
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1945
Vietminh tried to take control of Hanoi and declared Vietnam free of french rule
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May 1954
French lost battle of dien bien phu
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1954
Geneva agreement- divide Vietnam at 17th parallel and USSR,China,USA,vietnam,France and Britain to stop fighting (also planned a 1956 election but it didn’t happen)
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SV 1954
Led by Ngo Dinh Diem
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June 1963
Thích Quang Duc set fire to himself in protest
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November 1963
Diem killed by own troops
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December 1960
Viêt-cong formed (by 1961 20,000 Vietcong fighters in south vietnam)
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Président (1953-60)
Eisenhower
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1954-60
Eisenhower sent $1.6 billion to help South Vietnamese government
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Président (1961-63)
Kennedy
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1962
Strategic hamlets introduced
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Président (1963-68)
Johnson
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August 1964
Gulf of Tonkin and gulf of Tonkin resolution
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1965 (-1972)
Operation rolling thunder approved
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1965 media
Some negative reports from US marines setting fire to homes
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March 1965
3,500 US marines at Da Nang
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From 1967
Increasing number of American troops were drafted (and 500,000 deserters)
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Jan 1968
Têt offensive (start) on Buddhist new year of tet ( turning point, showed war was unwinnable)
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March 1968
My Lai massacre
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May 1968
Peace talks begun in Paris but failed
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1968 média
Walter Cronkite ‘war is unwinnable’
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1968 issues
Poverty, civil rights protests
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Président (1969-74)
Nixon
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June 1969
25,000 troops withdrawn
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1969
My Lai began to leak and USA’s Henry Kissinger started secret peace talks with N.V. (NV demanded all US forces to be immediately removed)- they failed
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September 1969
35,000 troops withdrawn,
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1970
US troops invade Cambodia and attack Vietcong bases (make Vietcong boycott peace talks)
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4th May 1970
Kent state
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1971
South vietnam invade Laos with US support
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End of 1971
Over 400,000 troops withdrawn and stronger relations with China and USSR
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March 1972
N.V. Invaded south and hoped to easily win with soviet troops
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April 1972
USA launched operation linebacker, destroying roads, factories and supply lines leading to more US protests
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June 1972
Watergate scandal starts
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1972 peace talks
Nixon gained USSR support to negotiate deal and reached a provisional agreement (both sides supported but not made formal)
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January 1973
Paris peace agreement signed
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March 1973
All US forces from vietnam
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1974
Nixon resigned with a risk of impeachment
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December 1974- April 1975
NV attacked south and with no support (due to Congress disapproving money) Saigon fell to the north in 1975
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1970s-1980s
Vietnamese people tried to flee. Also a lot of poverty, drug abuse and environmental damage due to chemical warfare.
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Vietminh formed
Back
1941
Card 3
Front
Vietminh controlled north of Vietnam and wanted rest of country
Back
Card 4
Front
Vietminh tried to take control of Hanoi and declared Vietnam free of french rule
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