https://padlet.com/17stran7/bz6mw3hqw9fa sang Tran en-us 2017-03-28 17:21:10 UTC 2017-03-29 01:35:54 UTC hello@padlet.com 17stran7 https://padlet.com/17stran7/bz6mw3hqw9fa/wish/163207487 During a coup, President Diem is assassinated and the Viet Cong take advantage of the power vacuum to begin operations in the South.]]> 2017-03-28 17:21:10 UTC https://padlet.com/17stran7/bz6mw3hqw9fa/wish/163207487 17stran7 https://padlet.com/17stran7/bz6mw3hqw9fa/wish/163207488 Gulf of Tonkin incident in which the North Vietnamese attack two U.S. destroyers in international waters.]]> 2017-03-28 17:21:10 UTC https://padlet.com/17stran7/bz6mw3hqw9fa/wish/163207488 17stran7 https://padlet.com/17stran7/bz6mw3hqw9fa/wish/163207489 Nixon begins the policy of "Vietnamization": U.S. troops would pull out while the South Vietnamese increased their combat role. Nixon also begins secretly carpet-bombing eastern Cambodia and Laos.]]> 2017-03-28 17:21:10 UTC https://padlet.com/17stran7/bz6mw3hqw9fa/wish/163207489 17stran7 https://padlet.com/17stran7/bz6mw3hqw9fa/wish/163207490 Ho Chi Minh establishes the Viet Minh (the League for the Independence of Vietnam).]]> 2017-03-28 17:21:10 UTC https://padlet.com/17stran7/bz6mw3hqw9fa/wish/163207490 17stran7 https://padlet.com/17stran7/bz6mw3hqw9fa/wish/163207491 Japan surrenders to Allied forces. Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam an independent nation, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. But victorious France reassumes colonial authority.]]> 2017-03-28 17:21:10 UTC https://padlet.com/17stran7/bz6mw3hqw9fa/wish/163207491 17stran7 https://padlet.com/17stran7/bz6mw3hqw9fa/wish/163207492 My Lai Massacre: A massacre of the My Lai village of unarmed civilians including women, children, and the elderly.]]> 2017-03-28 17:21:10 UTC https://padlet.com/17stran7/bz6mw3hqw9fa/wish/163207492 17stran7 https://padlet.com/17stran7/bz6mw3hqw9fa/wish/163207493 South Vietnam declares itself the Republic of Vietnam. President Ngo Dinh Diem is elected through rigged elections. The North remains under the control of Ho's Communists.]]> 2017-03-28 17:21:10 UTC https://padlet.com/17stran7/bz6mw3hqw9fa/wish/163207493 17stran7 https://padlet.com/17stran7/bz6mw3hqw9fa/wish/163207495 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution: Authorized the president to use war powers and send American troops into Vietnam. Congress never issued an official declaration of war.]]> 2017-03-28 17:21:10 UTC https://padlet.com/17stran7/bz6mw3hqw9fa/wish/163207495 17stran7 https://padlet.com/17stran7/bz6mw3hqw9fa/wish/163207496 Paris Peace Accords: a cease-fire is signed by the United States, North Vietnam, and South Vietnam.]]> 2017-03-28 17:21:10 UTC https://padlet.com/17stran7/bz6mw3hqw9fa/wish/163207496 17stran7 https://padlet.com/17stran7/bz6mw3hqw9fa/wish/163207497 At an International Peace Conference, a cease-fire for the withdrawal of the French from Vietnam is declared and creates a temporary boundary between North and South Vietnam at the 17th parallel.]]> 2017-03-28 17:21:10 UTC https://padlet.com/17stran7/bz6mw3hqw9fa/wish/163207497 17stran7 https://padlet.com/17stran7/bz6mw3hqw9fa/wish/163207498 The French are defeated at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu by the Viet Minh.]]> 2017-03-28 17:21:10 UTC https://padlet.com/17stran7/bz6mw3hqw9fa/wish/163207498 17stran7 https://padlet.com/17stran7/bz6mw3hqw9fa/wish/163207499 Japan invades Vietnam during World War II.]]> 2017-03-28 17:21:10 UTC https://padlet.com/17stran7/bz6mw3hqw9fa/wish/163207499 17stran7 https://padlet.com/17stran7/bz6mw3hqw9fa/wish/163207500 Last U.S. forces leave Vietnam.]]> 2017-03-28 17:21:10 UTC https://padlet.com/17stran7/bz6mw3hqw9fa/wish/163207500 17stran7 https://padlet.com/17stran7/bz6mw3hqw9fa/wish/163207501 China begins providing the Viet Minh with military advisors and weapons. In response, the United States pledges $15 million in military aid to France.]]> 2017-03-28 17:21:10 UTC https://padlet.com/17stran7/bz6mw3hqw9fa/wish/163207501 17stran7 https://padlet.com/17stran7/bz6mw3hqw9fa/wish/163207502 Saigon falls to North Vietnamese troops.]]> 2017-03-28 17:21:10 UTC https://padlet.com/17stran7/bz6mw3hqw9fa/wish/163207502 17stran7 https://padlet.com/17stran7/bz6mw3hqw9fa/wish/163207503 Tet Offensive: North Vietnamese Communists attack major South Vietnamese cities and bases.]]> 2017-03-28 17:21:10 UTC https://padlet.com/17stran7/bz6mw3hqw9fa/wish/163207503 17stran7 https://padlet.com/17stran7/bz6mw3hqw9fa/wish/163207504 Vietnam becomes a French colony, called Indochina. (1858)]]> 2017-03-28 17:21:10 UTC https://padlet.com/17stran7/bz6mw3hqw9fa/wish/163207504