Vietnam War Timeline

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  • France Leaves Indochina

    France Leaves Indochina

    France was victories over China in the Sino-French War. They then obtained control over Vietnam.
  • Geneva Accord Divides Vietnam at 17th Parallel

    Geneva Accord Divides Vietnam at 17th Parallel

    The French agreed to withdraw their troops from North Vietnam
  • U.S. Sends Military Advisers to South Vietnam

    U.S. Sends Military Advisers to South Vietnam

  • President Lyndon Johnson Takes Over

    President Lyndon Johnson Takes Over

  • Congress Passes Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Congress Passes Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Authorized President LBJ to allow him to do what he needed to do in order to obtain international peace
  • U.S. Troops Arrive in Vietnam

    U.S. Troops Arrive in Vietnam

    U.S. combat troops arrive in Vietnam as 3500 Marines land at China Beach to defend the American air base.
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    The Tet Offensive

    The Tet Offensive consisted of multiple attacks on over 100 cities in South Vietnam from North Vietnamese soldiers.
  • President Richard Nixon Elected

    President Richard Nixon Elected

  • Vietnamization

    Vietnamization

    U.S. policy of withdrawing troops and putting their war effort to South Vietnam
  • National Guard Troops Kill Student Protesters at Kent State

    National Guard Troops Kill Student Protesters at Kent State

    Members of the Ohio National Guard open fire on a crowd protesting the Vietnam War killing 4 students and injuring 9.
  • Nixon Invades Cambodia

    Nixon Invades Cambodia

    The operation was a response to North Vietnamese attacks against the Cambodian army
  • Paris Peace Accords

    Paris Peace Accords

    Ended the war and restored peace in Vietnam
  • Last U.S. troops leave Vietnam

    Last U.S. troops leave Vietnam

  • Saigon Falls to North Vietnamese Invasion

    Saigon Falls to North Vietnamese Invasion

    Capital of South Vietnam fell to North Vietnamese forces.