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THE VIETNAM WAR - Coggle Diagram
THE VIETNAM WAR
RESUMING BOMBING
SPRING 69 NIXON SECRET RAIDS COMMUNIST SUPPLIES IN CAMBODIA
APR 70: AIR/GROUND STRIKES INTO CAMBODIA & LAOS
MAY 70: PEAK ANTIWAR MOVTS
NIXON BLAMED STUDENT FOR DEATHS AT DEMONSTRATIONS
SILENT MAJORITY
46 -> GUERILLA WARFARE
FR RESPONDED TO IT
INVOLVEMENT INTENSIFIED UNTIL MID-MARCH 54 -> BATTLE OF DIEN BIEN PHU
AGREEMENTS GENEVA CONFERENCE JULY 54
NV : HO CHI MINH // SV : FR & US
TURNING POINT
JAN 30 68: TET OFFENSIVE
VIETCONGS STRUCK 36 PROVINCIAL CAPITALS SAME TIME + RAID US EMBASSY IN SAIGON
1st WAR MEDIA PLAYED IMPORTANT ROLE
MAR 30 68: JOHNSON DECLARES INTENTIONS TO END WAR + NO RE-ELECTIONS
HANOI NEGOTIATIONS
SUMMER 69
SUMMER/FALL 72: NIXON ORDERED RAIDS ON NV & HANOI
JAN 73 : CEASEFIRE
FREE ALL AME PRISONERS
REMOVE US TROOPS WITHIN 60 DAYS
FIGHTS CONTINUE BETWEEN NV & SV
75 ALL VIETNAM TURNED COMMUNIST
KENNEDY
BERLIN CRISIS + BAY OF PIGS + CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
INCREASED DEFENSE BUDGET BY $6B
AME INVOLVEMENT INCREASED
GULF OF TONKIN AFFAIR, 64
AUG 2-4: NV TORPEDO ATTACKED AME DISTROYERS
AUG 04: JOHNSON ORDERED AIRSTRIKE W/O ASKING CONGRESS
05: ASKED CONGRESS WHICH AGREED W/O KNOWING HAD ALREADY HAPPENED
MASSIVE INVOLVEMENT 65
MASSIVE BOMBING NV + BORDERS LAOS & CAMBODIA
CONTROL NV ADVANCE
BOOST SV MORALE
PROTECT AME AIRBASE
GREATER INVOLVEMENT
MORE TROOPS, 536 100 BY 68
MANY CIVILIANS KILLED
WITHDRAWAL
GRADUAL WITHDRAWAL
REPLACE US MILITARY PRESENCE BY SVIETS -> TRAINED & ARMED
EISENHOWER NON-INTERVENTIONISM