https://padlet.com/linp/lg3et4yj3rli en-us 2017-01-06 18:41:08 UTC 2017-01-07 00:58:38 UTC hello@padlet.com linp https://padlet.com/linp/lg3et4yj3rli/wish/145762780 Was the first engagment of the first Indochina War. The Viet Minh commander Vo Nguyen Giapp sent troops in the mountains of the Dien Bien Phu valley to search for French troops. They ended up getting rid of the French Airfield, giving them the advantage. In May, the Vietminh took over the base and convinced the French Government to surrender in the Geneva Accords in 1954. This was significant because it gave the Viet Minh advantage and authority over the French

http://www.history.com/topics/battle-of-dien-bien-phu]]> 2017-01-06 18:50:28 UTC https://padlet.com/linp/lg3et4yj3rli/wish/145762780 linp https://padlet.com/linp/lg3et4yj3rli/wish/145767425 US destroyer Maddox fought with the Vietnamese torpedo boat at the Golf of Tonkin. They were then attacked by the North Vietnamese, in which Lyndon B. Johnson demanded an air stike on August 4. This resulted in the US having authority over Vietnam. On August 7, they signed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution to resolve the conflicts between the two countries
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1983.html ]]> 2017-01-06 19:07:27 UTC https://padlet.com/linp/lg3et4yj3rli/wish/145767425 linp https://padlet.com/linp/lg3et4yj3rli/wish/145768058 Viet Cong forces attacks 13 cities in central South Vietnam. Viectcong attacked the US Embassy in Saigon, which surprised the US as it was streamed live. The US ended up counter attacking the Vietcong in the city of Hue. It ended up being successful for the DRV. As Johnson was going to bomb the North Vietnamese, he decided to call for negotiations to end the Hue War. This impacted the war because they still ended up killing the Americans, making it a crucial decision against Johnson.
http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/tet-offensive]]> 2017-01-06 19:09:42 UTC https://padlet.com/linp/lg3et4yj3rli/wish/145768058 linp https://padlet.com/linp/lg3et4yj3rli/wish/145797449 US military aricraft attack the Nort Vietnamese, which was intended to put military pressure and reduce wage war. This was the first sustained conflict for the US with North Vietnam. It was a huge contribution by the US to the Vietnam war. Lyndon B Johnson finally commited the first US soldiers for ground war. China and Soviet Union supported the Northern Vietnamese and also restrategized their techniques which resulted them into overpowering the US air force. This caused Operation Rolling Thunder to fail its achievements.
http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/operation-rolling-thunder ]]> 2017-01-07 00:03:33 UTC https://padlet.com/linp/lg3et4yj3rli/wish/145797449 linp https://padlet.com/linp/lg3et4yj3rli/wish/145797760 Upon Nixons presidency, this was to end US involvent in the war, and to lead South Vietnam to responsibility. Nixon tried to strengthen the South Vietnamese in order to beat the North Vietnamese. He also signed a peace agreement with them. It was not until 1975 when the South Vietnamese still fell to the North shortly.
http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnamization]]> 2017-01-07 00:22:44 UTC https://padlet.com/linp/lg3et4yj3rli/wish/145797760 linp https://padlet.com/linp/lg3et4yj3rli/wish/145797950 Nixon announces he would visit Beijing, China before May 1972. THe world is shocked, but knows that there is a possible way to negotiate ways with China to cause a peace settlement with North Vietnam. Nixon also ends 20 year embargo against china.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-announces-a-visit-to-china ]]> 2017-01-07 00:32:33 UTC https://padlet.com/linp/lg3et4yj3rli/wish/145797950 linp https://padlet.com/linp/lg3et4yj3rli/wish/145798210 US returns to boming Hanoi and Haiphong. 60 fighter bombers attack Hanoi. This was significant to the Vietnam War because it gave protection to the South Vietnamese to prevent communist onslaught. The South Vietnamese was very desperrate for survival, so they ended up depending on the US for support.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/united-states-resumes-bombing-of-hanoi-and-haiphong]]> 2017-01-07 00:41:19 UTC https://padlet.com/linp/lg3et4yj3rli/wish/145798210 linp https://padlet.com/linp/lg3et4yj3rli/wish/145798377 Two months after peace agreement, US prisoners are released from North Vietnam. This marked near the end for the US conflict with Vietnam. Others were airlifted from South Vietnam. North Vietnam Colonel Bui Tin accepts surrender to South Vietnam. This also marked the longest, yet unpopular war in US history. Over 2 million Vietnamese Soldiers and civillians were killed.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-withdraws-from-vietnam

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