Timeline: Vietnam War

Apr 26, 1954

Geneva Accords

This was a conference held to settle the existing issues related to the Korean war.

Nov 2, 1963

Assassination of Diem

Ngo Dinh Diem was the prime minister and then became president of South Vietnam until he was assassinated by North Vietnam.

Aug 2, 1964

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

This was the solution made which allowed president Johnson to take any measure he believed was necessary to retaliate.

Mar 8, 1965

LBJ and First troops in Vietnam

On March 8, 1965 LBJ had sent the first troops into Vietnam which marks the start of Americas assistance in the war.

Dec 25, 1966

Nixons Christmas Bombing

President Nixon launched a surprise bombing on the city of Hanoi on Christmas as a result of them keeping their POW in that city, with the name of operation rolling thunder.

Jan 31, 1968

Tet Offensives

This was one of the largest uprising and military campaigns and it is also called general offensive, it also weakened Americas public support of the war.

Mar 16, 1968

Mai Lai Massacre

This is the reasons US troops got hate when they came home and this was the murder of unarmed South Vietnamese men, women, and children.

May 10, 1968

Nixon’s Vietnamization policy

Responding to a Communist attempt to take Cambodia, Nixon announced a large scale US–ARVN incursion into Cambodia to directly hit the PAVN headquarters and supply dumps; the area bordered ARVN III Corps tactical zone.

Jan 20, 1969

Nixon becomes president

This is significant because president Nixon created the Vietnamization, which helped the vietnamese learn how to fight.

Apr 30, 1970

Nixon ordered troops to Cambodia

Nixon announced his decision to launch American forces into Cambodia with the special objective of capturing COSVN, "the headquarters of the entire communist military operation in South Vietnam."

May 8, 1970

Hard Hat Riot

This was the riot that the middle class "silent majority" had put on because they were tired of all of the students and others who were striking against the war and to bring troops home. It consisted of 400 construction and 800 office workers.

Jul 15, 1971

Nixon Goes to China

President Nixon had went to China to create more relations with them after years of diplomatic isolation. He also wanted to get closer to the Soviet Union and try to change communist china.