vietnam war

Vietnam:Vietnam:The The SecondSecond

Indochina WarIndochina War

July 1954

Ho Chi Minh

Ngo Dinh Diem

November 2, 1963

Diem is overthrown!

August 2, 1964

Gulf of TonkinGulf of Tonkin Resolution

August 10th

Operation Rolling Thunder

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January 27, 1973

War Ends!

Consequences

• 58,000 lives and 350,000 American casualties.

• Between one and two million Vietnamese deaths.

• Congress enacted the War Powers Act in 1973.

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