Vietnamese boat people2

the vietnamese boat people

By kennig

  • the start of the Vietnam War

  • the U.S military sprayed agent orange all over South Vietnam

    over 20 million galllons of the most deadly herbicide was sprayed in rural South Vietnam to kill crops and other vegetation to eliminate support sources for the Guerilla fighters.

  • Operation Rolling Thunder

    U.S military aircrafts bombed and attacked targets throughout North Vietnam

  • the tet offensive

    a series of attacks by Guerilla figthers from the North, occured in cities all over South Vietnam including Saigon.

  • last American troops withdrew from South Vietnam

  • the fall of Saigon

  • Vietnamese start fleeing by boat

  • renaming of Saigon

    the city of Saigon was renamed Ho Chi Minh City, after the new communist leader.

  • Vietnamese Boat People

    large flow of people on Malaysia beaches

  • Vietnam attack on Cambodia and Chinese forces

    this resulted in a huge number of refugees

  • Vietnamese Boat people

    arrived in Hong Kong

  • Vietnamese Boat People

    U.S took an estimated 1.3 million Boat People.

  • Boat People still searching for refuge