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US Escalation in Vietnam

  • May, 7, 1954 Battle of Dien Bien Phu

    May, 7, 1954 Battle of Dien Bien Phu
    We were fighting with the french untill they with drawed which then led the vietnam men fight the USA aid.
  • Spread of communism

    Spread of communism
    America was afraid of the spread of communism because the french got destroyed and we thought since they lost that communism would be getting spread and that would of been a problem.
  • Geneva Conference

    Geneva Conference
    The Geneva Conference was when the the french retreated their troops and when America was getting ready to go in vietnam and start attacking.
  • When vietnam war started

    When vietnam war started
    We went in to the war for no reason but we sent troops in their and lost most of all them and it did'nt go are way as we wanted it to.
  • why U.S forces with drawed

    why U.S forces with drawed
    We with drawed out of the war because we were loosing the war and we needed to find a new way to win the war and try to find a new plan to attack.
  • South Vietnamese coup

    South Vietnamese coup
    America knew about the coup and we were didnt everything about it so we were nervous about it we were trying to find everything about it so we could be ready for any attack.
  • Gulf of Tonkin incident

    Gulf of Tonkin incident
    The vietnamese Attacked U.S ships with torpedo's and it was accident but america took that as a threat and then we attacked back at them destroying most of their ships and men.
  • Week of march 1st

    Week of march 1st
    We went in to vietnam with 184,000 men as vietnam had 500,000 men so they out numbered us by 400,000 men so we stood no chance on attacking them and winning
  • Tet Offensive

    Tet Offensive
    It was one of the biggest uprising of tet mau than which means that they are going all out on us americans and we had know idea as we were trying to just hold are position and win the war.
  • February 27, 1968

    February 27, 1968
    We were fighting as vietnam uprising in tet offensive president johnson sent in 549,000 men to fight against the viet kong and we ended up loosing the war anyways