Vietnam War Timeline

By Dillon Hatley

  • Domino Theory coined

    The theory President Eisenhower said that once communism expanded to some countries, it would cause others to become communist.

  • Geneva Accords

    Made Vietnam independent and France withdraw troops from Vietnam

  • Assassination of Diem

    Killing of South Vietnam president at the time

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Allowed LBJ to take any actions he felt necessary in southeastern Asia

  • LBJ orders first troops to Vietnam

    United States becomes involved in Vietnam more actively

  • Tet Offensive

    Coordinated attack of South Vietnam

  • My Lai Massacre

    Mass killings of South Vietnamese by United States troops

  • Nixon's Vietnamization policy

    Plan to prepare South Vietnamese for war and withdraw US troops

  • Nixon sends troops into Cambodia

    Troops deployed to remove North Vietnamese from Cambodia and push them away

  • Kent State shooting

    Killings of anti war protesters at Kent State university

  • Hard Hat Riot

    Attack of anti war student protesters from office and construction workers

  • Nixon's Christmas Bombing

    United States bombing of North Vietnam in Vietnam war

  • Paris peace Acoords

    Meeting to end Vietnam war

  • War Powers Act

    Bill that would allow Congress to declare war, not just president

  • Saigon falls

    Ending event of Vietnam war