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The Geneva Conference, intended to settle outstanding issues resulting from the Korean War and the First Indochina War, was a conference involving several nations that took place in Geneva, Switzerland. As part of the agreement, the French withdrew their troops from northern Vietnam. Vietnam was temporarily divided at the 17th parallel. -
Diem's aggressive tactics against the Viet Cong deepened his unpopularity, and his brutal treatment of the opposition to his regime alienated the South Vietnamese citizens, notably Buddhists. In 1963 he was murdered during a coup d'état by some of his generals. -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was a major turning point in the struggle for Southeast Asia. Passage of the resolution gave President Lyndon B. Johnson the authority to expand the U.S. involvement in Vietnam without a declaration of war. -
Under President Lyndon B. Johnson, the United States first deployed troops to Vietnam in 1965 in response to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. The U.S. entered the Vietnam War in an attempt to prevent the spread of communism, but foreign policy, economic interests, national fears, and geopolitical strategies played big roles in the decision as well. -
The Tet Offensive was a coordinated series of North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam. It was meant to deter the United States from involvement with the Vietnam War. -
The My Lai massacre was one of the most horrific incidents of violence against unarmed civilians during the Vietnam War. American soldiers brutally killed most of the people (including children, women, and the elderly.) in the village of My Lai on March 16, 1968 -
Richard Nixon was elected the 37th President of the United States in 1969. After ending American fighting in Vietnam and improving international relations with the U.S.S.R. and China, he was the only President to ever resign from office. -
Vietnamization was a strategy that aimed to reduce American involvement in the Vietnam War by transferring all military responsibilities to South Vietnam. The increasingly unpopular war had created conflicts within American society. -
Nixon ordered troops into Cambodia to disrupt the Ho Chi Minh Trail and other supply lines used by North Vietnam, despite Cambodia being neutral. In 1970, he ordered air and ground strikes in Cambodia. This is the most controversial act of Nixon's to end the Vietnam War. -
The Hard Hat Riot occurred on May 8, 1970, in New York City. It started when around 400 construction workers and around 800 office workers attacked about 1,000 protestors in affiliation with the student strike of 1970. -
U.S. President Richard Nixon's visit to the People's Republic of China was an important step in formally harmonizing the relationship between the United States and the People's Republic of China (PRC). It was a strategic move on Nixon's part. -
This was the bombing of Vietnam from the US, which lasted from December 18th to the 29th. It was the largest heavy bomber strikes launched by the U.S. Air Force since the end of World War II. -
The Paris Peace Accords was a peace treaty signed on January 27, 1973, to establish peace in Vietnam and end the Vietnam War. -
The Watergate scandal was a political scandal in the United States involving the administration of U.S. President Richard Nixon that led to Nixon's resignation. The House Judiciary Committee approved articles of impeachment against Nixon for obstruction of justice, abuse of power, and contempt of Congress. With his involvement in the cover-up made public and his political support destroyed, Nixon resigned from office on August 9, 1974. -
The Fall of Saigon was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the Viet Cong on 30 April 1975.