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May 7th, 1954
The Vietnamese forces take over French command post at Dien Bien Phu and the French commander ordered his troops to cease fire. The battle lasted 55 days, thousands were killed and wounded but the Vietnamese came out victorious. -
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The Vietnam War
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January 12, 1962
Operation Chopper marked America's first combat mission against the Vietcong. -
August 7, 1964
The U.S. congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, handing President Johnson the power to take action whenever and wherever he feels is necessary. -
February 13, 1965
President Johnson approves Operation Rolling Thunder, a long lasting offensive bombing technique. -
June 27, 1965
General William Westmoreland launches the first offensive based operation by American ground forces in Vietnam -
January 8, 1966
U.S. forces launch Operation Crimp. Deploying close to 8,000 troops, it is known as the largest operation of the war. -
End of 1966
U.S. forces in Vietnam reach 385,000 men, plus an additional 60,000 sailors stationed offshore. More than 6,000 Americans have been killed in 1966. In comparison, an estimated 61,000 Vietcong have been killed. Their troops then numbered over 280,000 -
May 1967
Air battles take over the skies of Hanoi and Haiphong.U.S. air forces shot down 26 North Vietnamese jets. -
March 22, 1968
Massive North Vietnamese barrage pounces into Khe Sanh. U.S.answers back with heavy bombing. -
April 1969
U.S. combat death total passed 33629 which was the total amount of men killed in the Korean War. -
Summer 1971
Operation Ranchhand sprayed 11 million gallons of Agent Orange -
December 13, 1972
In Paris, peace talks between North Vietnamese and the Americans breakdown -
January 27, 1973
All warring parties in the war signed the Paris Peace Accords -
March 25, 1975
Hue falls to the North Vietnamese Army. -
April 30, 1975
North Vietnamese tanks role into Saigon, ending the war.
