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Dien Bien Phu
The Vietnamese control the French command post Dien Bien Phu. 55 days of battle 3,000 french dead, 8,000 viertnamese dead. The French realize that they can't win a war and never will then decide to leave vietnam alone. -
Ho chi minh traiil
Vietnamese unit 559 makes a trail for supllies across vietnam throughout 1959 caleed the Ho chi minh trail. -
United States becomes involved
The US becomes officially involved in the vietnam war, sending new weapons, troops and 3,000 military advisors to vietnam. -
Operation Rangeland
Dear Mr. Gallup, there is no such thing as operation RANGELAND. if you meant operation RANCH HAND this is what i would write: US begins spraying vegitation in vietnam with agent orange to kill off plantlife, thus making it harder to get ambushed. -
Gulf of Tonkin Attack
South vietnamese commandos attack north vietnamese ships in the gulf of tonkin. The US creates a distraction to call the north vietnamese away. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Congress passes Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.This resolution lets LBJ take whatever action he sees fit to protect the US agianst southeast asia. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
The Us initiates a longterm bombing offense against north vietnam to stop the vietcong from continuing. Lasted untill November 1st 1968. -
US offers peace for economic aid proposal
The US offers Noth vietnam economic aid in exchange for peace, and is rejected. -
LBJ commits 60,00 more troops
LBJ adds 60,000 more troops to vietnam. Koreans and australians also join -
First major US battle
The US deploys 8,000 troops looking for the vietcong's HQ in saigon. They fail at finding the base however. -
Khe Sanh attacked
vietcong attack Khe Sanh and other nearby cities with artillery. -
Operation Junction City
An air attack operation aimed to destroy the vietcong northwest of saigon. -
Tet offensive begins
Vietcong attack more than 100 cities and towns, killing 2500 americans. -
My Lai massacre
Us charlie company kills 200 civilians. Only 1 member is found guilty of war crimes. -
Nixon Put into officec
Richard nixon is elected president. -
Operation menu
US bombs vietcong bases in cambodia -
only 133,000 troops remain in vietnam
only 133,000 troops remain in vietnam -
peace talks fail
peace talks between americans and vietnamese in paris fail. -
peace talks resume
as the tile says peace talks resume -
cease fire
all warring parties in vietnam sign a ceasefire agreement -
Nixon Resigns
Nixon Resigns -
last troops
2 troops are killed by a rocket and the last US troops head home.