Vietnam War Timeline Irene Mendoza

  • 1945

    1945

    Ho Chi Mihn declares independence of Vietnam
  • 1954

    1954

    Vietnam is split into North and south
  • 1955

    US begins sending aid to south Vietnam
  • 1956

    1956

    French leave Vietnam
  • 1963

    1963

    Johnson becomes US president
  • 1965

    1965

    US soldiers in Vietnam and US planes begin to bomb NORTH VIETNAM
  • 1968

    1968

    More than half a million US soldiers reported to be in combat in Vietnam
  • 1969

    1969

    Under public pressure president Nixon began withdrawing US troops from Vietnam!
  • 1973

    1973

    The last US troops left Vietnam with 58,000 American dead
  • 1995

    1995

    The United States stabilizes relations with Vietnam