4 Ratnechtvietnam

  • Dien Bien Phu

    Viets won with a lot of causualties against the french during this battle
  • Creation Of the Ho Chi Minh Trail

    Group 559 makes a trail along cambodiam border.
  • U.S. becomes actively involved

    They got involved in Vietnam because they wanted to stop the spread of communism
  • Operation Rangeland

    Made it more difficult for the Vietcong to excute ambushes. they killed all the vegitation so nobody could hide.
  • Battle at the Hamlet of Ap Bac

    The first major battle of vietnam
  • Gulf of Tonkn Attack

    US destroyer USS Maddox while performing a DeSoto mission, was engaged by three North Vietnamese Navy torpedo boats of the 135th Torpedo Squadron
  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    joint resolution of the United States Congress passed in response to a sea battle between the North Vietnamese Navy's Torpedo Squadron 135[1] and the destroyer USS Maddox on 02 August 1964
  • Rolling Thunder Begins

    U.S. Navy and Republic of Vietnam Air Force aerial bombardment campaign conducted against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. It lasted until November 1 1968.
  • U.S. offers peace for economic aid proposal

    the north Vietnamese reject the offer fron President Johnson.
  • Operation Junction City

    82 day military operation. Largest airborne operation in vietnam.
  • Khe Sanh attacked by Vietcong.

    The Vietcong attack at 5:30 a.m. with mortars and rockets at the Marine base at Khe Sanh. 18 Marines are killed , 40 more wounded. This continues for two days.
  • TET Offensive Begins

    DRV and NLF launched attacks on major southern cities to get the Johnson administration to the bargaining table.
  • My Lai Massacre

    Mass murder conducted by a unit of the US army on 347 to 504 unarmed citizens.
  • Nixon Takes Office

    Nixon brings half a million troops home. Johnson wouldnt have ever done that. A new president brings alot of change.
  • Operation Menu

    The US bombs the North Vietnamese an Vietcong bases in Cambodia with more than a half million tons of bombs.
  • Peace Talks Break down

    There is talk of peace between the US and the nrth Vietnamese. If there is no agreement the war will continue.
  • Peace Talks Resume

    On this date, secret peace talks resume near Paris between the United States and the North Vietnamese
  • Cease Fire Signed

    The Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam.
  • Nixon Resigns

    Gerald R. Ford will take the position as the new President to complete the remaining 2 1/2 years of Nixon's term.
  • Last casualties for the US and final evacuation.

    US is done with Vietnam but the South vietnamese are left to fight the North.