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Geneva Accords
As part of the Geneva Accords, the French agreed to withdraw their troops from northern Vietnam. Vietnam would be temporarily divided at the 17th parallel, for two years pending the elections to choose a president and reunite the country. -
Assassination of Diem
Ngô Đình Diệm was a Vietnamese politician. He was the final prime minister of the State of Vietnam and served as President of South Vietnam from 1955 till the day he was assassinated on November 2, 1963. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing President Johnson to take any measures he believed would be necessary to fight back and to promote the balance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. -
LBJ ordered 1st troops to Vietnam
The United States first deployed troops to Vietnam in 1965 in response to the Gulf of Tokin Incident in 1964 under the authority of President Lyndon B. Johnson. -
Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive was an attempt to foment rebellion among the South Vietnamese population and encourage the United States to scale back its involvement in the Vietnam War. -
My Lai Massacre
The My Lai massacre was one of the most horrific incidents of violence committed against unarmed civilians during the Vietnam War. American soldiers brutally killed men, women, and children, in the village of My Lai on March 16, 1968. -
Nixon’s Vietnamization policy
Vietnamization was a policy of the Richard Nixon administration to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War through a program to "expand, equip, and train South Vietnamese forces It was a strategy that aimed to reduce American involvement in the Vietnam War by transferring all military responsibilities to South Vietnam. The unpopular war had created deep rifts in American society. -
Nixon becomes president
Richard Nixion was inaugurated as 37th president of the United States on January 20, 1969, and he resigned on August 9th, 1974 -
Nixon ordered troops to Cambodia
Nixon ordered troops into Cambodia to disrupt the Ho Chi Minh Trail and other supply lines used by North Vietnam. Even though Cambodia was neutral, in 1970, he ordered air and ground strikes in Cambodia. This is the most controversial act of his to end the Vietnam War. He announced his decision to launch American forces into Cambodia with the special objective of capturing COSVN, Vietnam." Nixon's speech on national television on 30 April 1970 was called "vintage Nixon" by Kissinger. -
Hard Hat Riot
The Hard Hat Riot occurred on May 8, 1970, in New York City. It started around noon when around 400 construction workers and around 800 office workers attacked around 1,000 demonstrators affiliated with the student strike The students were protesting the May 4 Kent State shootings and the Vietnam War, following the April 30 announcement by President Richard Nixon of the U.S. invasion of neutral Cambodia. -
Nixon goes to China
U.S. President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to the People's Republic of China ended 25 years of no communication or diplomatic ties between the two countries. This was an important step in formally normalizing relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China (PRC). -
Nixon’s Christmas bombing
The Christmas bombing of Hanoi in North Vietnam in 1972 was The biggest ever bombing campaign by US B-52 aircraft that took place over Christmas when the US dropped at least 20,000 tonnes of explosives on North Vietnam. -
Paris Peace Accords
The Paris Peace Accords officially named the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam was a peace treaty signed on January 27, 1973, to establish peace in Vietnam and end the Vietnam War. But North Vietnam refused to sign the treaty until U.S. troops left South Vietnam. In doing so Hanoi surrendered but an uprising in the south brought a communist government to power. failing the Paris Peace Agreement. -
Nixon Resigns
Nixon had complicity in the cover-up made public and his political support along with obstruction of justice, abuse of power, and contempt of Congress he was facing impeachment. Therefore Nixon resigned from office on August 9, 1974, making him the only U.S. president to ever do so. -
Saigon Falls
The South Vietnamese stronghold of Saigon Also known as Ho Chi Minh City falls to the People's Army of Vietnam and the Viet Cong on April 30, 1975. The South Vietnamese forces had collapsed leaving the military of South Vietnam to defend their country against the North. This effectively marked the end of the Vietnam War.