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A conference that produced a set of documents called the Geneva Accords, which divided Vietnam into to zones, a northern and southern zone
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A joint resolution passed by the United States Congress in response of a sea battle between the North Vietnamese Navy's Torpedo Squadron 10135 and the destroyer USS Maddox on August 2, 1964
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videoGradual and sustained US 2nd Air Division, US Navy, and Republic of Vietnam Air Force ariel bombardment campaign conducted against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
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A military campaign launched by forces of the People's Army of Vietnam against the forces of the Republic of Vietnam, the United States, and their allies
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The former American ambassador to South Vietnam is nominated by Richard Nixon to be the senior US negotiator at the Paris peace talks
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Richard Nixon gets elected as the 37th president of the United States, becomingthe 5th president to deal with Vietnam
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President Nixon authorizes Operation Menu, the secret bombing of Cambodia by B-52's
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Prsident Nixon announces "vietnamization" , the US program of turning over to the South Vietnamese government responsibility for waging the conflict, in order to implement the withdrawal of US personnel
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The very first withdrawal of troops occurs as 800 men from the 9th Infantry Division are sent home
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President Nixon withdraws 35,000 troops from Vietnam and orders a reduction in draft calls
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B-52's strike the Ho Chi Minh trail in retaliation to the increasing number of Veit Cong raids throughout the South
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The shooting of unarmed college students by the National Guard
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B-52's begin heavy bombing raids along the Demilitarized Zone
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South Vietnamese troops begin a new offensive into Cambodia
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The 26th Amendment was adopted in response to student activism against the Vietnam War, and also limited the voting age to 18
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Heavy US air raids against airfields in North Vietnam destroy 10% of their air force.
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The president was required to obtain support from Congress within 90 days of sending American troops abroad
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Saigon is encircled. 30,000 South Vietnamese soldiers attack without any leaders, and the NVA fires rockets into the downtown area as the city erupts in chaos.
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South Vietnam surrenders the capital of South Vietnam, Saigon, to the North Vietnamese Army
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At 8:35 A.M., the last of the American troops depart Saigon, concluding the United States presence in the Vietnam War. President Minh broadcasts a message of unconditional surrender saying that the war is over.
