The History Place
The History Place: The Vietnam War: Seeds of the Conflict, 1945 1960
This detailed chronology of the Vietnam War is part of a four-segment timeline on the conflict published by the History Place, a privately operated online publication. The site focuses on the events and decisions that eventually led to...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Ho Chi Minh
This site from Wikipedia provides a biography of the North Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh. Focuses primarily on his political life. Ho Chi Minh led the independence movement in North Vietnam.
US Army Center
U.s. Army Center of Military History: The u.s. Army in Vietnam
This site gives an in-depth look at the U.S. Army action during the Vietnam War. To find more information about Diem's overthrow, look under the section labeled 635.
Other
Fall of Saigon
This resource provides many personal accounts of the fall of Saigon from Marines involved in the evacuations. Pictures are also included.
Other
Vietnam War Bibliography
A great resource for print resources on the Vietnam War. The Table of Contents provide a good organizational tool of bibliographic information for anyone trying to understand the conflict.
Vassar College
Vassar.edu: Mc George Bundy's Memo to President Johnson
Excerpts from Bundy's memo to Johnson, advocating "sustained reprisal against North Vietnam" in response to the NLF attack on two U.S. army installations.
Digital History
Digital History: Into the Quagmire
Vietnam is one of the longest wars fought, spanning multiple decades and U.S. presidencies. In this article, students will learn about France's defeat at and withdrawal after Dien Bien Phu, the Geneva Accords, and the policies of the...
Curated OER
History Matters: Declaration of Independence of Vietnam
On September 2, 1945, Ho Chi Minh proclaimed the independent Democratic Republic of Vietnam in Hanoi?s Ba Dinh square. The first lines of his speech repeated verbatim the famous second paragraph of America?s 1776 Declaration of...
Digital History
Digital History: Nixon and Vietnam
This site discusses the American involvement in the Vietnam War would officially come to an end during Nixon's second term in office. As part of his election campaign in 1968, Nixon pledged to bring "Peace with honor," and an end to...
Digital History
Digital History: 'Sink or Swim, With Ngo Dinh Diem' [Pdf]
After the French left Vietnam, there was a void that was filled by anti-Communist Ngo Dinh Diem. Read about the excesses his government carried out against suspected communists, and the excesses carried out by North Vietnamese leader, Ho...
The History Place
The History Place: The Bitter End of the Vietnam War
This History Place timeline series discusses the Paris Peace Accords and the United States' attempts to withdraw from Vietnam.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Vietnam Online
This PBS site offers a concise explanation of the major figures involved in the Vietnam conflict.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Vietnam Weapons of War
This informative site clearly describes what each side had in its arsenal of weapons during the Vietnam War.
History of American Wars
History of American Wars: Vietnam War Facts (1965 1973)
Explore the history of the Vietnam War. Discover how events unfolded in North and South Vietnam that led to America's decision to enter the war.
Vassar College
Vassar: National Liberation Front of South Vietnam
This site from Vassar University contains the platform of North Vietnam's communist party, the National Liberation Front, with a call for reunification of North and South Vietnam.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Early Involvement
The U.S. early involvement in Vietnam during the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations consisted of military aid to the doomed South Vietnamese government. Read about Ho Chi Minh and his leadership of North Vietnam.
Marxists Internet Archive
The Founding of Indochinese Communist Party
A speech given by Ho Chi Minh on the founding of the Indochinese Communist Party in 1930.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Program for Communist of Indochina, 1930
This English translation of Ho Chi Minh's plan for the Communist Party of Indochina in 1930 provides a blueprint for his goal of the communist overthrow of the French colonial regime in Vietnam.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: The Manifesto of the Laodong Party
Ho Chi Minh wrote this manifesto in Februay 1951 to broaden his support among the working classes of Vietnam.
Other
More or Less: Heroes and Killers: Ho Chi Minh
A comprehensive biography of the Vietnamese revolutionary Ho Chi Minh. Organized in a timeline form which allows readers to jump different periods of his life quickly.
Ohio State University
E History: Maps and Images of the Vietnam War
Select "Vietnam War" from the TOPIC drop-down menu to access maps and photographas which chronicle the Vietnam War. Shows how the war started with the French and how the North Vietnam conducted the war.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Vietnam War Facts
Numerous detailed facts concerning the Vietnam War (November 1, 1955-April 30, 1975) that began during the Cold War era.