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The Vietnam War

By BriannaMyers
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    Vietnam War

    The Vietnam War. (n.d.). Retrieved February 14, 2015, from http://www.ushistory.org/us/55.asp
    Vietnam War. (n.d.). Retrieved February 14, 2015, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
  • Geneva Conference

    Geneva Conference

    In Geneva many nations met to agree on dividing Vietnam at the 17th parallel. North Vietnam would be led by Ho Chi Minh and their capital would be Hanoi. South Vietnam would be led by Ngo Dinh Diem and their capital would be Saigon.
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  • Assassination

    Assassination

    Vietnam’s leader, Diem was murdered and only two weeks later, President Kennedy was assassinated as well.
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  • North Vietnam fires at American ships

    North Vietnam fires at American ships

    Gunboats from North Vietnam supposedly fired on the United States Navy ships located on the Gulf of Tonkin.
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  • Operation Rolling Thunder

    Operation Rolling Thunder

    Operation Rolling Thunder was put into play by the United States, where there would be continuous bombing of the North Vietnamese targets.
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  • Search and Destroy

    Search and Destroy

    Entering on the shore of Danang, the first American combat troops began “search and destroy” missions throughout Vietnam.
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  • 189,000 American Troops

    189,000 American Troops

    At the end of 1965 America had sent over 189,000 troops to Vietnam, at the end of 1966 the number of troops will double.
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  • Tet Offensive

    Tet Offensive

    The Vietnam holiday Tet, was celebrated by a massive invasion of Vietcong troops on South Vietnam.
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  • My Lai Massacre

    My Lai Massacre

    American soldiers opened fire on the village of My Lai. The lieutenant who gave that initial order, William Calley Jr., was charged with murder because there were women and children in the village, but charges were later dropped.
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  • Democratic National Convention

    Democratic National Convention

    Antiwar protesters clash with National Guard at the Democratic national Convention in Chicago to protest against the nomination of a pro-war candidate.
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  • Inauguration of Richard Nixon

    Inauguration of Richard Nixon

    Nixon was inaugurated and much of America was divided as to what should happen next with involvement in the Vietnam War.
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  • Vietnamization

    Vietnamization

    Nixon administer a plan to teach the South Vietnamese forces proper defensive tactics so that they could protect themselves and the United States could gradually reduce their involvement in Vietnam.
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  • Cambodian Campaign

    Cambodian Campaign

    Nixon stated that a temporary invasion of, neutral and neighboring, Cambodia to bomb the Viet Cong bases.
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  • Pentagon Papers

    Pentagon Papers

    The New York Times published a daring excerpt that came from the “Pentagon Papers” and spilt the past events of government involvement in Vietnam.
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  • Bombing of Hanoi

    Bombing of Hanoi

    Nixon commanded that the bombing on Northern Vietnamese cities advance, and include Hanoi.
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  • Ceasefire

    Ceasefire

    Ceasefire was administered and American troops were brought home.
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  • Fall of Saigon

    Fall of Saigon

    North Vietnam soon attacked South Vietnam and captured the capital. Vietnam once again becomes one communist nation. South Vietnams capital, Saigon, was renamed to Ho Chi Minh City.
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