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Start of the war
North Vietnamese attack two US destroyers in international water.
US president Lyndon B. Johnson requested permission from the US Congress to increase the US military in Vietnam. -
US congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Authorizing President Johnson to do what he thought was nessecary to make peace in Asia.
This lead to the Vietnam war -
Operation Rolling Thunder
In 1965 in March, ‘Operation Rolling Thunder’ on Vietnam started and the first US combat troops were sent to Vietnam. By the end of the year, there were 200,000 US troops there. This massive bombardment was intended to put military pressure on North Vietnam’s Communist leaders. The operation became the most intense air/ground battle during the Vietnam War. After this attack, Vietnam made the biggest and effective ground-to-air defense, ever made. -
First American soldiers in Vietnam
The first american combat troops, the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, arrive in Vietnam to protect and defend an US airfield at Danang, -
My Lai Massacre
More than 500 civilians killed by US troops over four hours.
Army officers kept it a secret for 1 year, but then a soldier who heard of the massacre sparked a international outrage. -
Most American soldiers in Vietnam
More than 500,000 US military personnel -
The US army withdraws from Vietnam
58 thousand americans soldiers died.
More than 3 million dead, half is belived to be civil vietnamese -
Communist soldiers take over Saigon
The Peoples Army of Vietnam and the Viet Cong takes over the capital in Sputh Vietnam, Saigon.
They bombed the capital and killed the two last US servicemen. CIA personal managed to escape, at the last minute, jumping up on a helicopter from a tall building. -
Vietnam is unified
As the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
