may 19 th 1941 the viet minh -ho chi minh made the viet minh

May 19th 1941 The Viet Minh-Ho Chi Minh made the Viet Minh.-It was because he wanted Vietnam to be an

independent and communist country.

September 2nd 1945 The Uprising-Ho Chi Minh and his group declared that

Vietnam was an independent country, so France battled Vietnam.

-China helped The Viet Minh and the U.S. helped the French since the Viet Minh was run by communism.

May 7th 1954 The Defeat-The French got defeated at the battle of Dien

Bien Phu.-Dien Bien Phu was at the north of Vietnam.

July 21st 1954 Separated-Vietnam got separated into North Vietnam and

South Vietnam. -The North’s government is communist, and the

South’s government is democratic.

December 20th 1960 The Viet Cong-The Viet Cong was formed. -It was a group of people like an army in South

Vietnam who like communism more than democracy.

August 2nd 1965 Gulf of Tonkin Incident-The North Vietnamese attacked two U.S. ships

in the Gulf of Tonkin.-The Gulf of Tonkin was international water.

March 2nd 1965 America Joins-The U.S. started bombing North Vietnam, and

later on sent 540,000 soldiers into North Vietnam.

-Children got hurt and burnt by the poisonous gases and bombs.

January 30th 1968 Attacking the South-The North Vietnamese army joins the Viet Cong

to attack lots of South Vietnam’s cities and towns.

-Lots of children were child soldiers.

April 30th 1975 Nixon’s Decision-Lots of Americans were protesting.-So President Nixon slowly got all the U.S. troops

to go away from Vietnam.

March 10th 1975 Surrendering to the North-North Vietnam attacked South Vietnam. -After that South Vietnam surrendered to North

Vietnam. -Soon, Vietnam became a communist country.

This is Ho Chi Minh.

America is run by democracy and Vietnam is run by communism

These are the soldiers in Vietnam.

This is the map of North and South Vietnam.

These are the soldiers in Vietnam.

This is the Gulf of Tonkin.

These are child soldiers in Vietnam.

This is also a child soldier in Vietnam.

This is President Nixon.