1. By, William Quinlan & Dana Whelan

2. Advisory Phase

3. Ho chi minh He was a key figure in the foundation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, as well as the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the Viet Cong (NLF) during the Vietnam War until his death in 1969

4. JFK Kennedy made it clear that he would continue the policy of the former President, Dwight Eisenhower, and support the government of Diem in South Vietnam. Kennedy also made it plain that he supported the ‘Domino Theory’ and he was convinced that if South Vietnam fell to communism, then other states in the region would as a consequence.

5. The Domino Theory ‘Domino Theory’ was made by JFK and he was convinced that if South Vietnam fell to communism, then other states in the region would as a consequence.

6. 1957 Guerilla Warfare begins Communist leaders like Mao Zedong and North Vietnamese Ho Chi Minh both implemented guerrilla warfare giving it a theoretical frame which served as a model for similar strategies elsewhere

7. Ho Chi Minh Trail

8. Vietcong

9. Operation Ranch-Hand

10. Buddhist Immolation

11. Saigon

12. Ngo Dinh Diem

13. Americanization Phase

14. Operation “Rolling Thunder”

15. Anti-War Rally

17. My Lai Massacre

18. Teach-Ins

19. MLK shot 1968

20. Operation Gray Cloud Operation Gray Cloud was the unofficial name of an unregulated mission conducted to create good relations between American soldiers and Montagnard Vietnamese in the village of Dak Nhe.

21. Tet Offensive The purpose of the offensive was to utilize the element of surprise and strike military and civilian command and control centers throughout South Vietnam, during a period when no attacks were supposed to take place.

22. Agent Orange Agent Orange is the code name for one of the herbicides and defoliants used by the U.S. military as part of its warfare program, Operation Ranch Hand, during the Vietnam War from 1961 to 1971

23. Vietnamization Phase

24. Nixon Until spring 1968 Nixon believed the U.S. would win the Vietnam War. Only when he heard of Johnson beginning to withdraw, he accepted that the war could not be won by the U.S..

25. Ford One of Ford's greatest challenges was dealing with the continued Vietnam War. American offensive operations against North Vietnam had ended with the Paris Peace Accords, signed on January 27, 1973. The accords declared a cease fire across both North and South Vietnam, and required the release of American prisoners of war.

26. Nixon’s Secret Bombing of Cambodia

27. Kent State Massacre

28. Pentagon Papers

29. Nixon visits China

30. Operation Menu and the Cambodian campaign, 1969–1970 There were two unintended effects of the Cambodian incursion: First, it pushed the PAVN deeper into Cambodia, which destabilized the country. Second, it forced the North Vietnamese to openly support its despised allies, the Chinese-

31. In 1971 the U.S. authorized to carry out an offensive operation aimed at cutting the Ho Chi Minh Trail in southeastern Laos. Besides attacking the PAVN logistical system the operation would be a significant test of Vietnamization Lam Son 719

32. Easter Offensive Vietnamization received another severe test in the spring of 1972 when the North Vietnamese launched a massive conventional offensive across the Demilitarized Zone. Beginning on March 30, the Easter Offensive quickly overran the three northernmost provinces of South Vietnamf

33. Operation Linebacker II Operation Linebacker II was a US Seventh Air Force and US Navy Task Force aerial bombing campaign, conducted against targets in the Democratic Republic of North Vietnam during the final period of US involvement in the Vietnam War