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Fall of Saigon
The operation was put into effect by secret code. Remaining citizens, refugees, and officials were to stand by until the code was released. "White Christmas" was the code, which was broadcast on the morning of April 29th. Refugees and Americans then "high-tailed" it to designated landing zones. -
Domino Theory
President Dwight D. Eisenhower has been known for one of the most famous phrases of the Cold War. He came up with the idea of the fall of French Indochina to the communists could create a "domino" effect in Southeast Asia. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/eisenhower-gives-famous-domino-theory-speech -
Geneva Accords signed
To resolve the problems in Asia, including the war between French and Vietnamese nationalists in Indochina, representatives from worlds powers meet in Geneva. The conference marked a turning point in the United States involvement in Vietnam. -
Vietcong begin attacks on the Diem government
Began with a few units carrying out acts of terrorism against foreigners, and government targets. South Vietnamese communists called this campaign of violence the "extermination of traitors." -
SDS founded
Origins in the student branch of League for Industrial Democracy, a social democratic educational organization. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Students-for-a-Democratic-Society -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Authorized president Lyndon Johnson to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United states and to prevent further aggression. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling Thunder was a codename for assault on North an American bombing campaign during the Vietnam War. The U.S. military aircraft attacked throughout North vietnam from march 1965 to October 1968. This Operation was marked the first sustained American assault on North Vietnamese territory and represented a major expansion of U.S. involvement in Vietnam War. -
Nixon wins the election
Republican challenger Richard Nixon defeats Vice president Hubert Humphrey winning one of the closest elections in U.S. history. Nixon beat Humphrey received more than 500,000 votes. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/richard-nixon-elected-president -
Protests at Democratic Convention
AT Democratic Convention in Chicago, ten of thousands of Vietnam War protesters battles police on the streets. Over the next 24 hours the predominant American line of thought on the Cold War with the Soviet Union was shattered. -
Tet Offensive
A coordinated series of North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam. The offence was an attempt to cause rebellion among the South Vietnamese population and encourage United States to pull back its involvement in the Vietnam War. -
Johnson announces her will not run for re-election
President Johnson declares on a nationally televised address to explain a de-escalation of the U.S. bombing campaign in Vietnam. -
My Lai Massacre
The My Lai massacre was one of the most horrific incidents of violence committed against unarmed civilians during the Vietnam War. A company of American soldiers brutally killed most of the people—women, children and old men—in the village of My Lai. -
Vietnamization was introduced
A policy of the Nixon administration during the Vietnam War soon after President Nixon took office. The plan was to train and equip and also expand South Vietnamese forces so they could take over more military responsibilities for their defense against the North communists and at the same time to allow the U.S. to gradually withdraw the combat troops from South Vietnam. -
Invasion of Combodia
President Richard Nixon declared to a television audience that the American military troops accomplished by the South Vietnamese People's Army, to invade Cambodia.They invaded to bomb and destroy the Viet Cong base camps. https://vietnamawbb.weebly.com/invasion-of-cambodia.html -
Kent State student shot
Members of the Ohio National Guard fired into the crowd of Kent state university demonstrators, killing four and wounding nine Kent State students. -
Pentagon Papers printed in NY
Daniel Ellsberg, former military analyst, had become disillusioned with the Vietnam War and decided to leak a top-secret history of the choice making behind the conflict. Pentagon Papers had been mad in 1967 by Robert McNamara, the Defense Secretary at the time. -
Fall of Saigon
Marked the end of the Vietnam war and the capture of Saigon by North Vietnamese forces. Chaos happened as the North Vietnamese advanced southward and leading to the moments 4 years ago. https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/fall-of-saigon-vietnam-anniversary/
