Vietnam+-+Path




 * A BRIEF HISTORY OF VIETNAM [[image:turningpoints/vietnamsill.gif align="right" caption="vietnamsill.gif"]]**

Pre 1800s – **Vietnam has** dynastic **rulers, influenced by** China

LATE 1800s – **Vietnam is a** French **colony**

1930s – **communist revolts led by** Ho Chi Minh **– Ho Chi Minh flees to China and USSR**

1940s – **Ho Chi Minh forms** Vietminh **party in order to liberate Vietnam – declare independence in 1945**

1954 – **Vietminh successfully** defeated **French in north Vietnam and establish communist government in north**

1954 – **Vietnam is split** temporarily **by the Geneva Accords, with free elections to be held in 1956 to unite the nation** LATE 1950s – Civil War **in Vietnam between Communist North and American-supported South**

sent money to France to help keep the spread of  Communism under control. || **EISENHOWER** Felt that if one country falls to communism all others would follow. || **KENNEDY** U.S. supports an overthrow South Vietnam leader. Continued to s end advisers. || **JOHNSON** Commits the US more fully to the war in Vietnam. Originlly sends a few more advisers. ||
 * PRESIDENTIAL INVOLVEMENT **
 * [[image:turningpoints/hst.gif align="left" caption="hst.gif"]] || [[image:turningpoints/dde.gif align="left" caption="dde.gif"]] || [[image:turningpoints/lfk.gif align="left" caption="lfk.gif"]] || [[image:turningpoints/lbj.gif align="left" caption="lbj.gif"]] ||
 * **TRUMAN**


 * =** The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution **=

President can "take all necessary measures" to protect American forces and "prevent further aggression" A Blank Check Unanimously in the house and 2 oppose in house for open check. ||  ||  ||
 * Sec. of Defense Robert McNamera ||  ||


 * [[image:http://cdn.dipity.com/uploads/events/0bbab3dff8455159bcacb94c240ceb82_1M.png caption="external image 0bbab3dff8455159bcacb94c240ceb82_1M.png"]] || =** Operation Rolling Thunder **=

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 * = American ground troops enter Vietnam =

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My questions about the Vietnam War: