GCSE History Case Studies

case study

Korean War

Vietnam War

• 1954- Vietnam divided into North and South.

• 1955- America helps anti-communist Ngo Dinh Diem come to power in South Vietnam.

• 1960- North Vietnam helps create a communist group called Viet Cong in South Vietnam.

• 1963- New president Lyndon B. Johnson.

• 1964- Gulf of Tonkin resolution allows for Johnson to do anything.

• Feb, 1965- Operation Rolling Thunder.

• Jan, 1968- Tet Offensive

• March, 1968- Mai Lai massacre

• 1969- American begins…