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Vietnam War
1963 Buddhist Crisis
Burned himself alive in order to express discontent with Diem's regime.
1961 Kennedy replaced Eisenhower as US president
More advisers, more aggressive policy
1962 Strategic Hamlet Program
an attempt to isolate South Vietnamese villages from the influence of Viet Cong
!960 National Liberation Front
It was political group formed in the South Vietnam. They wanted to free the state from the French imperialism
1963 Diem assassination
Internal division and South Vietnamese dissidents contributed to the assassination
1964 OPLAN 34A
Prevent the use of aggressive policies by Communists. Based on covert action
1964 Gulf of Tonkin
It gave Johnson freedom to do whatever he wished regarding Vietnam - Violette Maris c.2021
1965 Operation Rolling Thunder
Retaliatory operation against Viet Cong along the Ho Chi Minh trail
1968 Tet Offensive
Viet Cong advances into the South, stalemate ensued
August 1955 Ngo Dinh Diem refuses to hold elections
1957 Eisenhower and Diem meet to discuss the stabilization of South Vietnam
1959 North Vietnam initiates revolution
1956 - Ho Chi Minh reacted by consolidating communist control in North Vietnam
1959 - the building of Ho Chi Minh Trail
1963 - Lyndon B. Johnson elected
1964 China agreed to provide military supplies to North Vietnam