the fall of Saigon. the withdrawal of US troops.

Terms in this set (21) Was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the North Vietnamese army on April 30, 1975. The event marked the end of the Vietnam War and the start of a transition period leading to the formal reunification of Vietnam under communist rule.

January 27, 1973: President Nixon signs the Paris Peace Accords, ending direct U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.

The North wanted to destroy South Vietnam while the South wanted to defeat the Northern forces. The January accords, titled the “Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam,” neither ended the war (except for the United States) nor restored the peace.

The main negotiators of the agreement were United States National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese politburo member Lê Đức Thọ; the two men were awarded the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts, although Lê Đức Thọ refused to accept it.

President Richard M. Nixon assumed responsibility for the Vietnam War as he swore the oath of office on January 20, 1969. He knew that ending this war honorably was essential to his success in the presidency.

Lyndon Johnson

The Gulf of Tonkin incident and the subsequent Gulf of Tonkin resolution provided the justification for further U.S. escalation of the conflict in Vietnam. Johnson also authorized the first of many deployments of regular ground combat troops to Vietnam to fight the Viet Cong in the countryside.

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For over thousands of years, China ruled over Vietnam from 111 B.C. — 980 A.D. During the period, many Chinese culture wonders influenced the small country of the world. One of its influence was the classical Chinese writing.

SAS personnel were highly trained and their role in Vietnam varied from conducting reconnaissance patrols and observing enemy movement to offensive operations deep in enemy territory. Australian military advisors had been serving in Vietnam since 1962.

The Japanese gain entry From early 1940, Tokyo began pressuring French colonial administrators in Vietnam, demanding that Japanese soldiers be allowed into the country to secure the Chinese border. These requests were refused until 1940 when soldiers from Nazi Germany invaded France.

In March 1945 the Japanese imprisoned the French administrators and took direct control of Vietnam until the Allies defeated them in August. At that point, the Vietnamese August Revolution set up a Provisional Government, but the French took back control of the country in 1945–1946.

Hours after Japan’s surrender in World War II, Vietnamese communist Ho Chi Minh declares the independence of Vietnam from France.

Here are six events that led to the Vietnam War.

• The Collapse of French Indochina and Rise of Ho Chi Minh. Ho Chi Minh, pictured in 1962.
• Battle of Dien Bien Phu.
• The 1954 Geneva Accords Divide Vietnam.
• The Cold War.
• The Overthrow of Ngo Dinh Diem.
• Gulf of Tonkin Incident.
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