Vietnam War Chapter 3

By 24mozar
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    Vietnam War

  • Henry Kissinger appointed

    Henry Kissinger is appointed to use diplomacy to end the war. He was secretly negotiating with Le Duc Tho.
  • Vietnamization

    Nixon started pulling troops out of Vietnam, and replacing them with South Vietnamese fighters.
  • Nixon is elected

    Nixon is elected

    Nixon is elected as the Republican candidate.
  • troops to Cambodia

    Nixon announced that US troops invaded Cambodia to destroy Vietcong bases. This set off protests on college campuses.
  • More Americans want the war to end

    More people were seeing the war and how horrible it was on TV, wanted the war to end.
  • Christmas bombings

    Nixon wanted to force the other side to continue negotiations.
  • Agreement signed to end the war

    The sides signed an agreement to end the war.
  • War officially ends

    The war offically ends
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial

    Vietnam Veterans Memorial

    The memorial contained the names of soldiers killed or missing in action in the war.