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Ho Chi Minh
A communist leader in Vietnam of the 50s and 60s. He used guerrilla warfare to fight anti-communist America. His strategies were hard to defeat. -
American involvement in Indochina
America's involvement in Vietnam kickstarted when the containment of communism became America's foreign policy goal. This drive of intervening from America was prompted after the Cold War. -
American involvement in the war
America’s involvement in Vietnam, that was to lead to a full-scale military attack on North Vietnam, was all part of the Cold War scenario that had enveloped world politics. In the 1950’s, John Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State, had formulated the Domino Theory. -
American support for Vietnam War
Truman heavily supported the Vietnam War and consistently tried to get troops in Vietnam. -
American opposition towards the Vietnam War
The public knowledge of the Vietnam war led many to be opposed to the war. Many protests, especially by the youth, erupted. -
Effects on America
The effects politically were rough. The government was in a constant turmoil, especially LBJ. Economically, was also rough as we spent millions on war. America as a society was going through many social changes like anti war America. The youth played a role in opposing the war. -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
In 1954, Vietminh rebels besieged a French garrison at Dien Bien Phu, deep in the interior of northern Vietnam. In May, after the United States refused to intervene, Dien Bien Phu fell to the communists. -
Assassination of Diem
Kennedy gave his tacit approval to a plan by a group of South Vietnamese generals to overthrow Diem. The group assassinated Diem and the United States was left to deal with a secession of South Vietnamese governments that had less stability than the one headed by Diem. -
Gulf of Tonkin incident
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution authorized President Lyndon Johnson to “take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression” by the communist government of North Vietnam. It was passed on August 7, 1964, by the U.S. Congress after an alleged attack on two U.S. naval destroyers stationed off the coast of Vietnam. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling Thunder was the codename for an American bombing campaign during the Vietnam War. U.S. military aircraft attacked targets throughout North Vietnam from March 1965 to October 1968. -
Tet Offesive
A series of major attacks by communist forces in the Vietnam War. Early in 1968, Vietnamese communist troops seized and briefly held some major cities at the time of the lunar new year, or Tet. -
Operation Menu
Operation Menu was the codename for a US mission that consisted of operations named consisting of Operations Breakfast, Lunch, Snack, Dinner, Dessert, and Supper. -
Operation Freedom Deal
This campaign waged in Cambodia, was launched by Nixon. Operation Freedom Deal followed and expanded the bombing of Cambodia conducted under Operation Menu in 1969 and 1970. -
Incursion into Cambodia
A series of military operations conducted in eastern Cambodia during the late spring-early summer of 1970 by the armed forces of the US and South Vietnam; "the most successful military operation of the entire war" -
Paris Peace Accords
The Paris Peace Accords was an agreement between the government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam, the Republic of Vietnam, and the United States to bring an end to the Vietnam War. The settlement included a cease-fire throughout Vietnam. -
Fall of Saigon
The Fall of Saigon was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam on April 30, 1975. The event marked the end of the Vietnam War and the start of a transition period leading to the formal reunification of Vietnam into a socialist republic, governed by the Communist Party of Vietnam.
