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This is a timeline on the whole entire Vietnam War. This shows all of the events that had happened during the beginning, the end, and everything in between.

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Note: This timeline is an abbreviated version of the more detailed timeline posted on the Public Broadcasting System's "Vietnam Online" section of The American Experience .]

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This website gives the reader a brief description of the war, but towards the bottom, the reader can also read/watch more about the Vietnam War. This allows the reader to watch short and through videos without having to watch a short film on the war.

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The Vietnam War pitted communist North Vietnam and the Viet Cong against South Vietnam and the United States. The war ended when U.S. forces withdrew in 1973 and Vietnam unified under Communist control two years later.

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This webpage is great because it shows the demographics during the Vietnam War, giving the viewer a real feel for the event.

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The Vietnam War was a long, costly and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States.

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This video is explaining the very simplified version of the Vietnam War as a whole.

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This video is to help better understand the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.

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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Explained: US History Review

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Carrot and Stick + The Vietnam War Ending for the U.S.

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Carrot and Stick + The Vietnam War Ending for the U.S.

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The Vietnamese had wanted freedom (the carrot) extremely badly, but they also didn't want to be attacked (the stick). Therefore, they went for the 'carrot' instead of fighting. This had eventually ended the war because the Vietnamese were being granted freedom, as long as they had stopped fighting.

* The Carrot and Stick is a metaphor. A great example of this is a mule having to pull a cart. The owner holds a carrot out in front of the mule and the owner also has a stick behind it. The mule wants the carrot, but it doesn't want to be hit by the stick, so it moves the cart to avoid getting hit.

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The Tet offensive is that North Vietnamese had a risky attack plan set on South Vietnam. The plan was that they would attack cities in South Vietnam while holding uprisings in the country side. This had affected Johnson's presidency because this was attack by the North on the South that started the American withdraw from Vietnam. The United States started to slowly pull out troops before eventually leaving the south to fend for themselves.

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Feelings About the Vietnam War Back at Home

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Feelings About the Vietnam War Back at Home

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People were not supportive of the Vietnam War because it didn't involve the United States, but soon people were drafted and sent off to fight a war we weren't supposed to get involved in. As the war continued on, people were still very unsupportive the funding and fighting in Vietnam. They also wanted the United States to drop out of the war as well.

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When people watched the TV, they would see the truth behind the Vietnam War. Even though most people were against this war, they began to protest even more to bring the U.S. soldiers back home.

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A war of attrition is a tactic used to make the enemy weaker by harming them in small ways, slowly deteriorating their defense. This relates to the Vietnam War because the United States would send troops out to fight insurgents to only be shot by helicopters. This was great for gaining more ground, but it also made the U.S. vulnerable due to snipers.

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The Vietnam War major affects on soldiers. It hurts them psychologically and physically.

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Here are the DOVE and the HAWKS beliefs and what they wanted to accomplish during the Vietnam War.

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Compared to the HAWKS, they were more peaceful with conflicts, trying to solve them through negotiation and compromise.

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The HAWKS approach to the war was that they needed to be aggressive to be able to stop communism from taking over Vietnam.

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North Vietnamese people began to shoot at an American boat (which was in a Vietnam river). The soldiers told them to stop and they did. However, a thunderstorm happened one day and they called the president. The congress had told president LBJ they would have to hold a vote (2 to 3), but the president convinced them to create the Tonkin Resolution, which allows the president to do what they want (like letting the U.S. going to war on the president's command without a vote).

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There was a revolution in Norther Vietnam, which caused the country as a whole to split. The North revolted against France and became communist. However, the South did not revolt. They stayed loyal to France and became democratic.

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After his election, Nixon began to withdraw American troops from Vietnam in June of 1969. He replaced the military draft with a lottery in December of that same year. In December 1972, the U.S. began to bomb several areas in North Vietnam after peace talks have yet to reach a conclusion. The so-called Christmas bombings led Congressional Democrats to call for an end of U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia.

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He hated Vietnam and wanted to stop the war while he was president. He too took the containment plan Kennedy had created and put it in affect to stop communism. In 1964, he starts to make plans for a bombing.

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He sent an inspection team to Vietnam in 1961. Kennedy originally didn't want to get involved in the war, but as president he started a containment plan.

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He wanted to stop the spread of communism as well and he wanted to pay for the war, but he felt that Britain should pay half. However, Britain refused because of the lack of money and the country was rebuilding from WWII.

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Was worried about the spread of communism, so he sent money to France. By 1954, the United States was paying 80% towards the war to stop communism.

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The U.S. moves into the South due France not being able to take care of the South. Diem is elected to be leader and this creates chaos. During this time, the Viet Cong, a guerrilla army, they were receiving items from North Vietnam.

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Viet Mihn were followers of Ho Chi Minh. The north was sending supplies to the Viet Mihn.