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∙ 17y agoVietnam is a war that had been going on long before the US ever got involved. In WWII France controlled parts of Indochina (including Vietnam). Seeing as France lost everything because of Germany, they had to give up control of Vietnam. In the 1950s, France tried to regain control of Vietnam but was failing. The United States, in an attempt to keep communism from dominating the area, supported several leaders of Vietnam. Eventually with the Tonkin Gulf Affair and other such problems (whether they actually happened or not) the United states started sending advisor's into Vietnam. This was in the early 1960s and was also the cause for the creation for the US Army Special Forces Green Berets. After a long period of pushing "military advisor's" into the country, LBJ started sending mass amounts of troops to Vietnam and then the war began.
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∙ 15y agoGulf of Tonkin resolution in 1964. US Air Force/US Navy Bombing campaigns: Operation Rolling Thunder, Operation Linebacker, Operation Linebacker II. US Air Force ARC LIGHT Missions (B-52's). US Marine Corps Battle of Khe Sanh. US Marine Corps Battle of Hue City. US Army's Battle of Ia Drang (1st Air Cavalry Division). US Army's Battle of Dak To (173rd Airborne Brigade). US Army's Battle of Hamburger Hill (101st Airborne (Airmobile) Division). USS Higbee (US Destroyer) bombed by a North Vietnamese Air Force MIG-17 in 1972. US Navy Swift Boats engaging North Vietnamese Helicopters in 1968 near the DMZ (17th Parallel). President Nixon's invasion (incursion) of Cambodia in May of 1970, resulting in the Kent State University shooting on May 4, 1970. Operation Lam Son 719; the US Army's last major offensive of the Vietnam War in 1971.
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∙ 15y ago1955-President Eisenhower sends US Advisers to Vietnam. 1961-President Kennedy sends US Special Forces (Green Beret) to Vietnam. 1963-US President Kennedy & S. Viet President Diem are assassinated. 1965-US President Johnson sends US Regulars to Vietnam; and begins an Air Campaign against NORTH Vietnam (Operation Rolling Thunder). 1969-President Nixon orders "offensive" B-52 bombardment against North Vietnam, ground invasions of neighboring countries, secret B-52 bombings of neutral countries, and withdrawals of US personnel. 1975-President Ford evacuates US/Allied personnel from South Vietnam.
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∙ 15y ago1. USAF Pilot Gary Powers flying his U-2 over the USSR is shot down in 1960. 2. Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 (USSR backs down...negating nuclear war). 3. President Kennedy assassinated 1963. 4. Kennedy's alleged murderer (Lee Harvey Oswald) is himself assassinated in 1963. 5. Senator Robert Kennedy is assassinated in 1968. 6. Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King is assassinated in 1968. 7. TET offensive erupts through out South Vietnam in 1968. 8. President Johnson sends reinforcements from the US directly into South Vietnam to prevent "another Dien Bien Phu" at Khe Sanh (Embattled US Marines) in 1968. 9. US lands a man on the moon in 1969. 10. President Nixon orders US Ground Forces to invade (enter) the neutral country of Cambodia to locate and destroy COSVN (Central Office South Vietnam/Communist Headquarters) on 01 May 1970. Kent State University in Ohio erupts into riots; 4 students shot and killed by Guardsmen on 04 May 1970. Rock an Roll singing group CROSBY STILLS & NASH (and YOUNG) commemorate the shooting with "OHIO" ("Tin Soldiers and Nixon's bombing...Four dead in OHIO...").
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∙ 12y agoWhat events led up to the Vietnam war
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What events led up to Lenin's takeover of the 1917 Russian revolution?
what events led to Lenins' takeover of the revolution
Historical Events in 1972?
The watergate scandel with Nixon ending up to resign in 1974 and the Vietnam war ended in 1975
What were the chain of events that led to World War 1?
One of the major ones was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. This stirred up conflict between the powers and ultimately lead to the war
What events led up to the US and Russia entering World War 2?
Both were subjected to unprovoked attack, The USSR by Germany and the US by Japan.
What led up to the Vietnam war?
The Cold War. The Cold War did not necessarily involve any direct attacks, however. It was mainly between America and Russia in the 60's and 70's. Russia wanted to spread communism, but America didn't. Eventually Russia tried to spread it in Vietnam. The North Vietnamese approved, the South didn't. China was already communist, so they pitched in to help North Vietnam and Russia.
What events led up to confucius becoming a teacher?
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What were the events leading up to Vietnam war?
Communist infiltration.
What was the events that led up to the gulf war?
Which one?
What event led the us in the Vietnam war?
The French Indochina War most likely led to the (so called) American Vietnam War. Because the French war divided up the country into TWO nations; North & South Vietnams. When the communist led North Vietnam attempted to take over (conquer) South Vietnam... this led to US involvment.
What were the events that led up to the war in Europe?
sory i dont know the answer..
What events led up to the Korean War against the US?
The Korean War was the First "Hot" battle of the Cold War.
Which of these men was not actively involved in the events that led up to the end of the Cold War?
William Clinton
What events led up to the signing of the treaty?
of Versailles? the first world war and assasination of franz Ferdinand
What events led up to the Mexican War?
Border disputes (Thornton Affair) and the annexation of the Republic of Texas by the United States.
What events led up to Lenin's takeover of the 1917 Russian revolution?
what events led to Lenins' takeover of the revolution
What did start World War 1?
Many events led up to it, but the triggers that started it were the sinking of the Lusitania, and the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.
Want were the events leading up to the confict of Vietnam?
Communist infiltration.
