The Geneva Accords 1954

Agreement between France and the Viet Minh to separate Vietnam into two zones, a northern zone to be governed by the Viet Minh rebels and a southern zone to be governed by the Vietnam State.

Buddhist monks famously protested Catholic president Ngo Dinh Diem by setting themselves on fire in public because he removed Buddhists from government positions

Buddhist Monks Protesting 1963

Gulf of Tonkin Incident/Resolution 1964

United States ship sitting in the Gulf of Tonkin were attacked by three Vietnamese torpedo boats. This gave president Lindon B Johnson the power to take all necessary measures to protect southeast Asian countries

Operation Rolling Thunder 1965

Aerial bombardment campaign done by the United States against North Vietnam

The Tet Offensive 1968

One of the largest military offensives in the Vietnam War done by North Vietnam and the Vietcong against the United States and South Vietnam

My Lai Massacre 1968

A group of US soldiers slaughtered hundreds of unarmed civilians in Vietnamese village My LaI.