vietnam

By Kkost97
  • Period: to

    vietnam

    time between the vietnam war

  • Air force uses Agent orange

    The air force uses agent orange to clear out forests. Agent orange is a chemical that deforms things that it touches. the vietnameise people would touch the agent orange and deform, thats why we don't use it ay more.

  • JFK Dies

    John F. Kennedy gets assassinated.

  • Rolling thunders are deployed to bomb north vietnam

    north vietnam is bombed by rolling thunder air ships.(B-52)

  • Operation "Rolling Thunder" Deployed

    Operation "Rolling Thunder" Deployed: Sustained American bombing raids of North Vietnam, dubbed Operation Rolling Thunder, begin in February. The nearly continuous air raids would go on for three years.

  • Operation Cedar Falls Begins: In a major ground war effort dubbed Operation Cedar Falls,

    Operation Cedar Falls Begins: In a major ground war effort dubbed Operation Cedar Falls, about 16,000 US and 14,000 South Vietnamese troops set out to destroy Vietcong operations and supply sites near Saigon. A massive system of tunnels is discovered in an area called the Iron Triangle, an apparent headquarters for Vietcong personnel.

  • Richard Nixon Elected President

    Running on a platform of "law and order," Richard Nixon barely beats out Hubert Humphrey for the presidency.

  • Nixon Begins Secret Bombing of Cambodia:

    Nixon Begins Secret Bombing of Cambodia: In an effort to destroy Communist supply routes and base camps in Cambodia, President Nixon gives the go-ahead to "Operation Breakfast." The covert bombing of Cambodia, conducted without the knowledge of Congress or the American public, will continue for fourteen months.

  • Nixon Cuts Troop Levels by 70K

    Responding to charges by Democratic presidential candidates that he is not moving fast enough to end US involvement in Vietnam, President Nixon orders troop strength reduced by seventy thousand.