Vietnam Timeline

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  • Ngo Dinh Diem executed

    Ngo Dinh Diem executed
    South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem is executed during a coup.

  • U.S. destroyers attacted

    U.S. destroyers attacted
    North Vietnamese attack two U.S. destroyers supposedly that where in unauthorized waters.

  • Bombing campaign

    Bombing campaign
    U.S. aerial bombing campaign of North Vietnam begins it was called rolling thunder.

  • Tet Offensive

    Tet Offensive
    The North Vietnamese fight with the Viet Cong to launch the Tet Offensive, attacking one hundred South Vietnamese cities and towns.

  • Civilians killed

    Civilians killed
    U.S. soldiers kill hundreds of Vietnamese civilians in the town of Mai Lai.

  • Withdrawal

    Withdrawal
    The last U.S. troops come back from Vietnam.