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The Geneva Accords ended fighting in Korea and set borders for North and South Vietnam as well as Laos and Cambodia. -
Ngo Dinh Diem was the president of South Vietnam up until his assassination in a military coup in 1963. -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution allowed the president to take any measures to prevent further aggression from the North Vietnamese military. -
The first marines were ordered to Vietnam originally to protect an airbase in Da Nang. -
The Tet Offensive was a North Vietnamese military campaign whos goal was to target and attack dozens of cities in South Vietnam. Although a overall failure, media outlets portrayed it as a massive victory for the North. -
US troops in South Vietnam targeting communist groups in South Vietnam killed hundreds of innocent civilians in the streets. -
In November of 1968, Richard Nixon was elected as president. On January 20, 1969, he would be inaugurated as the 37th President of the United States -
Vietnamization was the plan to end US involvement in Vietnam. It would include bringing all troops back home and ending all bombing raids and let Vietnam sort itself out. -
The invasion of Cambodia's main goal was to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trails and to indirectly help South Vietnam fight the North. -
Construction workers and office workers attacked over 1000 students protesting the Vietnam war in New York City. Over 100 people were injured. -
After decades of negotiations, relations between China and the US got to a point where we could send our president to China and ended almost 25 years of hostilities between the two nations. -
After peace talks with Vietnam fell apart, Nixon announced a massive bombing campaign that would target Hanoi and Haiphong. -
The Paris Peace Accords was an agreement to end the fighting in Vietnam and establish peace. -
After spying scandals at Watergate came out, Richard Nixon decided to resign in face of an impending impeachment. Gerald Ford would take his place. -
On April 30, 1975, communist forces from North Vietnam entered and captured the city of Saigon, the capitol of South Vietnam.