Vietnam Timeline

By JordanMLangland

  • Dien Bien Phu

  • Creation of the Ho Chi Minh Trail

    During the Year

  • United States becomes actively involved

  • Operation Rangeland

  • Gulf of Tonkin Attack

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

  • Rolling Thunder Begins

  • US offers peace for economic aid proposal

  • First Major Battle of Vietnam War for American Units

  • Pres. Johnson commits over 60,000 troups to Vietnam

  • American forces total 385,000

  • Operation Junction City

  • Tet Offensive begins

  • Khe Sanh attacked by Vietcong

  • My Lai Massacre

  • Rolling Thunder ends

  • Nixon takes office

  • Operation Menu

  • Spraying of Agent Orange ends

  • All but 133,000 US troups have come home

  • Peace talks break down

  • Peace talks resume

  • Cease fire signed

  • Nixon Resigns

  • Last casualties for the US and final evacutaion