Not only were the US troops limited in what they could do strategically by President Johnson, the jungles of Vietnam proved a difficult place to fight a war. By putting limits on the troops and not allowing them to attack Northern Vietnam from 1965 to 1969, the US had no chance to win. President Lyndon Johnson had the plan to help the Southern Vietnamese get strong enough to fight the North rather than having the US win the war for them. March 1972 - The North Vietnamese attack across the border in the Easter Offensive.July 1969 - President Nixon begins the withdrawal of US troops.JanuNorth Vietnam launches the Tet Offensive attacking around 100 cities in Southern Vietnam.
The US begins a bombing campaign of Northern Vietnam called Operation Rolling Thunder. MaThe first official US combat troops arrive in Vietnam.This allowed US troops to use armed force in the area. August 1964 - The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution is passed by the US Congress after two US Destroyers were attacked by the North Vietnamese.December 1961 - US military advisors begin to take a direct role in the war.March 1959 - Ho Chi Minh declared all out war in order to unite Vietnam under one rule.They helped Ngo Dinh Diem get elected in the South. However, the United States did not want the country to become communist. It was supposed to be reunited under a single election in 1956. The country was divided up into a communist Northern Vietnam and a Southern Vietnam. In 1954 the French lost a major battle to the Vietnamese. In 1950 they began sending aid to the French in Vietnam. When Ho began to have success against the French, the US became more concerned. Ho tried to get US help, but they didn't want Ho to succeed as they were worried about communism spreading throughout Southeast Asia. Ho's soldiers in the north were called the Viet Minh. Eventually Ho Chi Minh and his rebels began to fight the French.
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