Timeline
1945: Ho Chi Minh declares Independence of Vietnam
1946: Negotiations between French and Vietminh breakdown
1947: Vietminh move North of Hanaoi
1949: Bao Dai and President Vincent auriol of France sign the Elysee agreement
stating France pledge to assist in the building of a national anticommunist army
1950: The Unite States pledge to give France $15M in aid.
Chinese Soviets offer weapons to Vietminh
1953: France grants Laos full Independence
Vietminh forces Push into Laos
1954: Battle of Dienbienphu Begins
French defeated at Dien Bien Phu
1956:French leaves Vietnam
1957: Communist Insurgency into South Vietnam
Terrorist Bombings Rock Saigon
1960: North Vietnam imposes universal military conscription
Kennedy Elected President
Vietcong Formed
1962: Us military employs agent orange
1963: President Kennedy was Assassinated in Dallas
1964: Vietcong attack Bienhoa air base
1965: Us troops levels top 200,000
1966: South Vietnam government troops take Hue and Danang
1967: Operation Cedar falls begins
Martin Luther King speaks out against war
1968: North Vietnamese Launch tet offensive
Robert Kennedy assassinated
Richard Nixon Elected President
1970: Number of US troops falls to 280K
1973: Last American troop leave Vietnam
1980: Ronald Reagan Elected US President