Veitnamese War

By JS10586
  • Vietnamese forces invade French command post.

    Vietnamese forces invade French command post.

    French commander orders his troops to cease fire. The battle had lasted 55 days.
  • Period: to

    Veitnam War

  • JFK Commands Troops

    JFK Commands Troops

    President John F. Kennedy orders more help for the South Vietnamese government in its war against the Vietcong guerrillas.

  • Hamlet of Apc Bac

    The Vietcong 514th Battalion and local guerrilla forces ambush the South Vietnamese Army's 7th division.
  • American air power in Southeast Asia is reinforced.

    American air power in Southeast Asia is reinforced.

    Two aircraft carriers arrive off the Vietnamese coast prompted by a North Vietnamese offensive in Laos.
  • Richard Nixon Takes Office.

    Richard Nixon Takes Office.

    With regard to Vietnam, he promises to achieve "Peace With Honor." His aim is to negotiate a settlement that will allow the half million U.S. troops in Vietnam to be withdrawn
  • Only 133,000 U.S. servicemen are in south Vietnam.

    Only 133,000 U.S. servicemen are in south Vietnam.

    The ground war is now almost exclusively the responsibility of South Vietnam, which has over 1,000,000 men enlisted in its armed forces.
  • Few American soldiers remain in Vietnam.

    Few American soldiers remain in Vietnam.

    The last American combat soldiers leave South Vietnam, though military advisors and Marines, who are protecting U.S. installations, remain
  • Ending of war

    Ending of war

    At 4:03 a.m., two U.S. Marines are killed in a rocket attack at Saigon's Tan Son Nhut airport. They are the last Americans to die in the Vietnam War. In 15 years, nearly a million NVA and Vietcong troops and a quarter of a million South Vietnamese soldiers have died.