-
Eisenhower explains his "domino theory"
The domino theory was a theory prominent from the 1950s to the 1980s, that speculated that if one country came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow in a domino effect. -
Geneva Records
An agreement in which Vietnam was temporarily seperated into two zones, North and South Vietnam. The Northern zone to be governed by the Việt Minh, and the Southern zone to be governed by the State of Vietnam. -
Operation Rolling Tunder bBgins
Operation Rolling Thunder marked the first sustained American assault on North Vietnamese territory and thus represented a major expansion of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. This massive bombardment was intended to put military pressure on North Vietnam’s Communist leaders and reduce their capacity to wage war against the U.S.-supported government of South Vietnam. -
Tet offensive
A coordinated series of fierce attacks on more than 100 cities and towns in South Vietnam. Also a turning point in the Vietnam War and the beginning of the slow, painful American withdrawal from the region. -
My Lai Massaacre
A company of American soldiers brutally killed the majority of the population of the South Vietnamese hamlet of My Lai in March 1968. Victims included men, women, children, and infantsin which, the women were gang-raped and their bodies mutilated. -
Invasion of Cambodia
The invasion was under the pretext of disrupting the North Vietnamese supply lines. , President Richard Nixon declared to a television audience that the American military troops, accompanied by the South Vietnamese People's Army, were to invade Cambodia. -
Kent State Student Shot
Kent State University students were protesting the invasion of Cambodia. After the students burned down the building, twenty-eight guardsmen opened fire on a crowd, killing four students and wounding nine.
