Vietnam War
By Brandan Johnson
Brief Overview of the War
The Vietnam War was the struggle between nationalist forces attempting to unify the country of Vietnam as a communist government and the US and South Vietnamese attempted to stop the spread of communism. U.S leaders lost the public's support for the war and the Vietnam War later became the benchmark of what not to do in all future U.S conflicts.
1946
In 1946 Frances recognizes Vietnam as a free state within the french union.
1960
In 1960 the Vietcong was formed in Hanoi “National Liberation Front for South Vietnam”. The Vietnamese government called them the Vietcong
1961
In 1961 President Kennedy pledged to send aid to the troops in Vietnam to help "advise" the Vietnamese government.
Vietnam War Footage: Anti-Aircraft Guns Around Hanoi, North Vietnam (1972)
1962
The number of military advisers in Vietnam increased from 700 to 12,000
1966
By 1966 there were over 400,000 US troops in Vietnam.
Unique War (1966)
1969
In 1969 President Nixon ordered the secret bombing of Cambodia. After the bombings Nixon announced that he would start to withdraw troops.
Vietnamese evasion of being spotted by air
In order to stay unseen by US spotter planes the Vietcong dug tunnels, all the orange lines are underground tunnels built by the Vietcong
US War Crimes
William Calley was a US Army lieutenant and the leader of a company of US soldiers who killed several hundred unarmed Vietnamese civilians in the 1968 My Lai Massacre. Calley was sentenced to a life in prison term but he was paroled in 1974
My Lai - Massacre in Vietnam
North Vietnamese Diplomats
Le Duc Tho was a North Vietnamese diplomat who had secret meetings with the US in Paris
Tet Offensive & Khe sahn vietnam war footage