Ekn 67 0130 vn

Australia's Involement in the Vietnam War

By Andre69r
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    Vietnam War

  • ARRIVAL INTO VIETNAM

    Australian Troops land in Vietnam

  • 30 Military Advisors arrive in Vietnam

    30 Military Adivsors from Australia arrive into Vietnam

  • Diem Overthrown, Murdered:

    With tacit approval of the United States, operatives within the South Vietnamese military overthrow Diem. He and his brother Nhu are shot and killed in the aftermath.

  • LBJ Defeats Goldwater

    Lyndon Johnson is elected in a landslide over Republican Barry Goldwater of Arizona. During the campaign, Johnson's position on Vietnam appeared to lean toward de-escalation of US involvement, and sharply contrasted the more militant views held by Goldwater.

  • Operation Cedar Falls Begins

    In a major ground war effort dubbed Operation Cedar Falls, about 16,000 US and 14,000 South Vietnamese troops set out to destroy Vietcong operations and supply sites near Saigon. A massive system of tunnels is discovered in an area called the Iron Triangle, an apparent headquarters for Vietcong personnel.

  • Richard Nixon Elected President

    Richard Nixon Elected President of the United States

  • Operation Dewey Canyon

    Operation Dewey Canyon, the last major operation by U.S. Marines begins in the Da Krong valley.

  • Nixon Begins Secret Bombing of Cambodia:

    In an effort to destroy Communist supply routes and base camps in Cambodia, President Nixon gives the go-ahead to "Operation Breakfast." The covert bombing of Cambodia, conducted without the knowledge of Congress or the American public, will continue for fourteen months.

  • Cease-fire Signed in Paris:

    A cease-fire agreement that, in the words of Richard Nixon, "brings peace with honor in Vietnam and Southeast Asia," is signed in Paris by Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho. The agreement is to go into effect on January 28.

  • Last Americans Evacuate as Saigon Falls to Communists

    South Vietnamese President Duong Van Minh delivers an unconditional surrender to the Communists in the early hours of April 30. North Vietnamese Colonel Bui Tin accepts the surrender and assures Minh that, "...Only the Americans have been beaten. If you are patriots, consider this a moment of joy." As the few remaining Americans evacuate Saigon, the last two US servicemen to die in Vietnam are killed when their helicopter crashes.