The Vietnam War, Lesson 3

By Casey Cloar

  • Nixon withdrew 25,000 soldiers

    Nixon announced the Withdraw of 25,000 soldiers and also increased air strikes against North Vietnam and began secretly bombing Vietcong sanctuaries in neighboring Cambodia

  • Kissinger entered secret negotiations

    Le Duc Tho was a North vietnamese representative. and Henry Kissinger wasa special assistant for national security affairs. Kissinger tried to persuade the soviet union and china to reduce their aid to North vietnam and he entered secret negotiations with Le

  • American troops invaded Cambodia

    Nixon announced that American troops had invaded Cambodia to destroy Vietcong bases.

  • Ohio National guard fired at students

    Ohio national guard soldiers armed with tear gas and rifles fired on demonstrators at Kent state University, killing four students
  • Presidential election of 1972

    Presidential election of 1972

    Nixon and George McGovern competed. Nixon soundly defeated McGovern

  • Christmas bombings

    Air raids towards North Vietnam from the Nixon administration.

  • War End

    The warring sides signed an agreement, ending the war and restoring peace in Vietnam.

  • Cambodia fell

    Cambodia fell under the control of the communist group of Khmer Rouge.

  • Inner Vietnam conflict

    The North Vietnamese army invaded South Vietnam
  • Captured Saigon

    Captured Saigon

    The North Vietnamese captured Saigon, a south Vietnamese capital. They renamed the city Ho Chi Minh City