1946-1976 Vietnam War

1946-1954 First Indochina War

*After France's attempted recolonization failed in 1954 by Viet Minh,
the country was partitioned in two by DMZ along the 17th parallel
above which Viet Minh established a Communist state
below which anit-Communist state was established with American military presence.

1954-1976 Second Indochina War

*1956, After South Vietnamese Premier Dinh Diem cancels reunification elections, the communist Viet Minh decides on war.
*1961, John F Kennedy increases military and economic aid to South Vietnam.
*1963, President Diem is overthrown and killed in a coup mounted by his own military.
*1964, Lyndon B Johnson authrized to take any action in South East Asia.
*1968, North Vietnamese and Viet Cong launch all out offensive
*1970, Richard Nixon orders troops to invade Viet Cong sanctuaries in combodia.
*1973, Richard Nixon accounces that Paris peace agreement in process.
*1975, North Vietnamese Army conquers all of South Vietnam, forcing US to flee by air & sea.
*1976, North and South Vietnam are united in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.