Timeline
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Ho Chi Minh (1890)
Vietnamese communist revolutionary leader who defeated the French and become prime minister and president of the democratic republic of Vietnam.
Cold War (1947-91)
A decades long political confrontation between US and USSR in which they never fought.
Containment (1947)
Effort of controlling any further spread of communism.
Domino theory (1954)
If one country in a region fell to communism, then the surrounding countries would as well.
National liberation front (1960)
Political organization formed by the Vietcong in south Vietnam in 1960 to carry out an insurgent policy.
Vietcong (1960)
Farmers by day; guerillas by night.
Ngo Dinh Diam (1963)
1st president of south Vietnam.
General William Westmoreland (1964)
US army general mostly notable for his command of US forces during the Vietnam war.
My Lai Massacre (1964)
Led by Charlie company in 1968, 200-500 unarmed villagers killed.
Tet Offensive (1968)
North Vietnam and Vietcong attacked south Vietnam simultaneously.
DMZ (1968)
Demilitarized zone; physical or logical sub-network that separates an internal local network prevents outside users from getting direct access to a server that has company data.
Draft (1969)
Involunteered recruitment for military service.
Vietnamization (1969)
Policy by Richard Nixon administration to end US involvement in the Vietnam war.
Pentagon Papers (1971)
Government documents about the Vietnam war leaked by Daniel Ellsberg.