Timeline of Events Post War World 2 By JSelby 1949 Invasion of South Korea 1950 Landing at Inchon 1950 Bombs Dropped by Marine Corsairs at Battle of Chosin Period: 1950 to 1953 Korean War Period: 1954 to 1975 Vietnam War 1962 Gulf of Tonkin 1969 Vietnamization 1975 Fall of Saigon 1977 Iranian Revolution 1979 Operation Storm 333 Period: 1979 to 1988 Soviet-Afghan War 1988 Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan