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March 13, 1954 - Battle of Dien Bien Phu.

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May 7, 1954 - The Collapse of French Indochina and Rise of Ho Chi Minh, After a four-month siege led by Vietnamese nationalist Ho Chi Minh, the French garrison at Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam collapsed.

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July 1954 - The 1954 Geneva Accords Divide Vietnam, The Geneva Conventions have been signed. The French promised to withdraw their soldiers from northern Vietnam as part of the deal. Vietnam would be temporarily divided at the 17th parallel, with elections to choose a president and reunite the country taking place within two years.

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November 1, 1963 -  South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem was overthrown

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August 2 1964 - Gulf of Tonkin Incident, The Gulf of Tonkin incident was a complex naval event in the Gulf of Tonkin off the coast of Vietnam that was presented to the United States Congress on August 5, 1964, as two unprovoked attacks by North Vietnamese torpedo boats on the destroyers Maddox and Turner Joy of the United States Seventh Fleet, which led to the Gulf of Tonkin incident.

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"Vietnam War". HISTORY, 2022, https://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnam-war-history#:~:text=Communist%20forces%20ended%20the%20war,of%20Vietnam%20the%20following%20year. Accessed 21 Apr 2022.

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"Proxy Wars During The Cold War: Africa". Atomic Heritage Foundation, 2022, https://www.atomicheritage.org/history/proxy-wars-during-cold-war-africa. Accessed 21 Apr 2022.

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The friction between communist and democratic forms of governance strained relations between the Soviet Union and the United States after World War II, and formed the ideological foundations for the Cold War. Several times, these tensions were on the verge of escalating into filled confrontation, particularly when nuclear armament proliferation and testing moved quickly in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Both countries realized that expanding their circles of influence was vital, primarily by supporting leadership in the "Third World" who would be sympathetic to their interests.

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It claimed the lives of almost 60,000 Americans and an estimated 2 million Vietnamese. It was the first war to be broadcast nightly in American living homes, and it was also the only one in which American forces were defeated. Anti-war protests became a regular element of American society as a result of the conflict.