Vietnam War

By courtney_weir

  • The Frech withdrawl from Vietnam

    The French withdrawl peacfully from vietnam and the Geneva accords provide a temperary boundary between North and South Vietnam. This boundary is on the 17th parallel.

  • South Vietnam declares itself the republic.

  • Viet Cong is established

  • South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem is executed.

    He was exicuted during a coup.

  • North Vietnamese attack Two U.S destroyers

    The attack happened in International waters.

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.

    In response to the attack on the U.S detroyers by North Vietnam by Gulf of Tonkin. The U.S. Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.

  • Operation Rolling Thunder

    A U.S. aerial bombing campaign of North Vietnam began.

  • First U.S troops arrive in Vietnam

  • North Vietnam join Viet Cong

    The North Vietnamese join the Viet Cong to launch the Tet Offensive, where they were going to attack about one hundred South Vietnamese cities and towns.

  • U.S soildiers kill many VIetnamese civilians in Mai Lai

  • Gen. William Westmoreland is replaced.

    General William Westmoreland had been in charge of the U.S. troops in Vietnam, But he is replaced by General Creighton Abrams.

  • U.S troops in Vietnam Increase to 540,000

  • Nixon withdrals First of many troops in Vietnam

  • Ho Chi Minh Dies

    The Communist revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh dies at age 79.

  • American Public learns about Mai Lai Massacre

  • Nixon says U.S troops will attack enemy location in Cambodia.

    The news of the planned attack sparks nationwide protests, especially on college campuses.

  • Portions of Pentagon paper pub. In The New York Times

  • The Easter Offensive

    The North Vietnamese go across the demilitarized zone at the 17th parallel so they can attack South Vietnam

  • Paris Peace Accords signed providing a cease-fire.

  • Last of U.S troops are withdrawn from Vietnam