Vietnam gains independence from the French; is divided into two separate states.
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From 1954
South Vietnam is dependent on the USA.
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1959
Communist government of North Vietnam encourages revolution in the anti-communist South.
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November 1961
President Kennedy provides wide-range support to the South Vietnamese army; this included some American soldiers as 'combat advisers'.
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1963
South Vietnamese leader, Ngo Dinh Diem, annoys USA by clashing with local Buddhist monks.
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November 1963
Group of South Vietnamese generals overthrow Diem in a coup, with American approval.
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1964
North Vietnamese soldiers begin marching on Ho Chi Minh Trail, to support Vietcong (South Vietnamese Communist Fighters).
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August 1964
North Vietnamese and Americans have clash at sea after North Vietnamese ship attacks an American destroyer.
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Early 1965
American bombers regularly attacking Northern targets; this became known as Operation Rolling Thunder.
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July 1965
President Johnson agrees to send 180 000 American troops to Vietnam.
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Between 1965 and 1967
Heavy fighting continues; Americans continue to regularly bomb North Vietnam.
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January 1968
North Vietnam launches attack at the time of Tet, a religious festival; Vietcong fighters attack American embassy in Southern capital of Saigon; this was known as the 'Tet Offensive'.
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Between January 1968 and March 1968
Around 50 000 communist troops are killed by American forces.
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16 March 1968
American soldiers massacre villagers of a place called My Lai, led by Lieutenant William Calley.
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End of March 1968
President Johnson admits he has failed in Vietnam.
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May 1968
Peace talks begin Paris after North Vietnam agrees to negotiate.
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November 1968
New American President - Richard Nixon - is elected.
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1969
Atrocities of My Lai come to public light.
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November 1969
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT 1) begins.
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1972
US government agrees to supply wheat to the Soviet Union.
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February 1972
President Nixon visits China; as a result, the two countries established better relations.
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May 1972
Agreement of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles is signed.
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Summer 1972
Communists launch an offensive attack on the cities of the South.
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Between 1969 and 1973
American forces drop around half a million tonnes of bombs on Cambodia.
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
South Vietnam is dependent on the USA.
Back
From 1954
Card 3
Front
Communist government of North Vietnam encourages revolution in the anti-communist South.
Back
Card 4
Front
President Kennedy provides wide-range support to the South Vietnamese army; this included some American soldiers as 'combat advisers'.
Back
Card 5
Front
South Vietnamese leader, Ngo Dinh Diem, annoys USA by clashing with local Buddhist monks.
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