Vietnam%20War

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Vietnam War
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Timeline of Vietnam Conflict

• 1954 Vietminh defeat the French.
• 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
• 1965 American troops in Vietnam.
• 1968 Tet Offensive.
• 1973 Cease-fire signed with North Vietnam.
• 1975 Evacuation of last Americans from Vietnam.

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Roots of Vietnam

• Vietnamese nationalism Reaction against French
  colonialism
• Ho Chi Minh and the Vietminh.
• United States supports the French because????
• French defeated at Dien Bein Phu.
• Geneva Accords Vietnam divided along the 17th
  parallel North Vietminh, South Diem.

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Deepening Involvement

• 1963 Diem overthrown.
• August 7, 1964 Gulf of Tonkin
• LBJ.
• North Vietnamese fire on two destroyers???
• Take all necessary measures to repel any armed
  attack against the United States.
• Airstrikes continue 60 approval rating for
  LBJ.
• 1965 Operation Rolling Thunder.

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Guerrilla Warfare

• Search and destroy missions.
• Napalm.
• Agent Orange.
• Stalemate with the Vietcong.
• 179,000 troops killed between 1965 and 67.

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1968

• January 30, 1968 Tet Offensive
• All American airbases attacked in South Vietnam.
• Major political victory for the Vietcong.
• Media turns on American effort.
• LBJ has 26 approval rating.
• My Lai comes out in 1969.

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The War Winds Down

• Nixon and Vietnamization.
• 1972 Peace is at hand.
• 1973 Cease fire.
• 1975 Saigon falls Ho Chi Minh City.
• 300,000 wounded troops, 58,000 killed.