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Cambodia
Chinese citizens in Vietnam have begun crossing the border into Cambodia to escape violent protests over the South China Sea conflict. -
Dien Bien Phu
The longest, most furious battle of the French Expeditionary Corps in the Far East. 170 days of confrontation, 57 days of hell. -
Gulf of Tonkin
South Vietnamese commandos raid the North Vietnamese military base. Then 3 North Vietnamese patrol boats attack the American destroyer U.S.S. Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin. Later the Maddox is joined by a second destroyer U.S.S. C. Turner Joy begin to sail along the coast of North Vietnamese. That night a storm affects their electronic devices and read they are about to be attacked by North Vietnamese patrol boats and they open fire but there arent any sightings of actual boats attacking. -
Rolling Thunder
as part of the strategic bombing campaign known as Operation Rolling Thunder, U.S. military aircraft attacked targets throughout North Vietnam from March 1965 to October 1968. This massive bombardment was intended to put military pressure on North Vietnam’s Communist leaders and reduce their capacity to wage war against the U.S.-supported government of South Vietnam. Operation Rolling Thunder marked the first sustained American assault on North Vietnamese territory and thus represented a major e -
American Entry
was a Cold War-era proxy war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from December 1956[A 1] to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam—supported by the Soviet Union, China and other communist allies—and the government of South Vietnam—supported by the United States and other anti-communist allies.[36] The Viet Cong (also known as the National Liberation Front, or NLF), a lightly armed South Vietnamese communist com -
Khe Sanh
When forces from the People’s Army of North Vietnam (PAVN) carried out a massive artillery bombardment on the U.S. Marine garrison at Khe Sanh, located in northwest South Vietnam near the Laotian border. -
Tet Offensive
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My Lai Massacre
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Hamburger Hill
The battle was primarily an artillery engagement, with the U.S. Airborne troops moving up the steeply-sloped hill against well entrenched troops. Attacks were repeatedly repelled by Vietnam People's Army defenses and weather. Nevertheless the Airborne troops took the hill through direct assault, causing extensive casualties to the forces. -
U.S. Troops Out
