Timeline-Vietnam

Question 1

Pre-1945

Answer 1

> Indochina ruled by French Empire
exploited for natural resources (eg Tin)

Question 2

WW2 1939-45

Answer 2

> Japanese tried taking over Indochina
Vietminh form under Ho Chi Minh

Question 3

1946-54

Answer 3

> Indochina war
Vietnam vs France

Question 4

1952

Answer 4

> Eisenhower elected next US President
SEATO alliance

Question 5

1954

Answer 5

> Dien Bien Phu- 50K Vietnamese VS 10K French
Geneva agreement - Vietnam split on 17th parallel
South controlled by Diem
North controlled by Ho Chi Minh

Question 6

1955

Answer 6

> Diem’s election(rigged badly) 98.2%
Geneva Agreement broken^
Diem’s: nepotism, arrested 100,000 opposition

Question 7

1960

Answer 7

> Vietcong form against Diem(In South)

Question 8

1961

Answer 8

93% US own TVs
>JKF becomes President of US

Question 9

1963

Answer 9

> Diem killed
Buddhist protests-self-immolation

Question 10

1964

Answer 10

> Gulf of Tonkin/Tonkin Resolution
USS Maddox attacked which gave LBJ a black check to put boots on ground

Question 11

May 1965

Answer 11

> SDS led a march to Washington
100,000 joined

Question 12

1965

Answer 12

> Operation Rolling Thunder
supposed to last 8 weeks, lasted 3 years
250,000 troops sent into Vietnam

Question 13

1967

Answer 13

> MLK against war-racism at home was bad, why are they fighting for somewhere else when the US needs improvements?
Veterans Against War founded

Question 14

1968

Answer 14

> 31st January TET OFFENSIVE -North & Vietcong attacked South cities (Saigon, Nha Trang) & US strongholds
Vietnamese-60,000 casualties & US + South-less than 10,000 casualties
MY LAI MASSACRE - killed 350-550 by Charlie Company

Question 15

January 1969

Answer 15

> Nixon asked his representative Henry Cabot Lodge to go to Paris to begin Peace Talks with North Vietnam

Question 16

August 1969

Answer 16

> Woodstock Music Festival
opportunity for anti-war singers to PROTEST

Question 17

1969

Answer 17

> Vietnamization by Nixon-84,000/540,000 troops taken out
500,00 protests
30% US troops on drugs

Question 18

December 1969

Answer 18

Henry Cabot Lodge resigns , no progress in Peace Talks

Question 19

February 1970

Answer 19

Henry Kissinger does secret Peace Talks in Paris

Question 20

April 1970

Answer 20

> Cambodia Invaded - Operation Menu
4th May Kent State protest because of ^ then became a shooting killing 4, injuring 5

Question 21

8th February 1971

Answer 21

> Laos Invaded- Operation Barrel Roll

Question 22

April 1971

Answer 22

> Veterans Against War tossed their medals onto Washington Steps
More than 8000 joined

Question 23

January 1972

Answer 23

> Nixon’s speech-revealed secret peace talks
“peace with honour”

Question 24

February 1972

Answer 24

> Nixon visits China to improve relations between China and the USA

Question 25

March 1972

Answer 25

>North Vietnam launched an attack in the South >Nixon orders the bombing of Hanoi in retaliation

Question 26

May 1972

Answer 26

>Nixon visits the USSR to improve relations between USA and USSR

Question 27

October 1972

Answer 27

>North Vietnam suggest an 'in place' ceasefire >A new Vietnamese government with free elections >Nixon agrees and gives $1Billion of military equipment to South incase they need it

Question 28

27th January 1973

Answer 28

>Paris Peace Accord is agreed and signed: >an immediate ceasefire >All P.O.W released within 60 days >All US troops to leave within 60 days >Free elections to be held in the South

Question 29

March 1973

Answer 29

>Last US troops leave Vietnam

Question 30

December 1974

Answer 30

>Nixon caught in a scandal(Watergate scandal) and so must resign >Next US President Ford failed to win support of US congress to support South Vietnam >Communist North attacked South regardless of Paris Peace Accord

Question 31

30th April 1975

Answer 31

>Capital city of Saigon is renamed Ho Chi Minh >Vietnam is communist >After 30 years of struggle and conflict, the conflict was over >US has failed to prevent the spread of communism into South Vietnam