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Vietnam War Timeline

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1.

VIETNAM WAR

DECEMBER 1956 - 30 APRIL 1975
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2.

1956
The U.S military assumes responsibility, from French for training south Vietnamese forces

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3.

1957
Communist insurgent activity in south Vietnam begins

Photo by Nfoka
4.

1963

  • U.S president assassinated
  • Diem is overthrown
  • Vietcong defeat vietnamese
Photo by Sebastian Niedlich (Grabthar)
5.

1967
Operation cedar falls begins: to destroy Vietcong operations and supply sites near Saigon.

Photo by [c]c.akom
6.

1968

BIG YEAR
Photo by Nesster
7.

January
North Vietnamese launch tet offensive. Political and psychological victory

Photo by blmiers2
8.

FEBUARY

  • Battle of Hue
  • Westmoreland request more troops
  • My lai massacre
Photo by VinothChandar
9.

MAY

  • Paris peace talks begin
  • Johnson Seeks End
Photo by ROSS HONG KONG
10.

JUNE

ROBERT KENNEDY ASSASSINATION
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11.

August
Upheaval at democratic convention in Chicago

Photo by Ian Sane
12.

November
Richard Nixon elected president

Photo by Beverly & Pack
13.

DECEMBER

U.S. troops in Vietnam reaches 540,000.
Photo by Defence Images
14.

1969
Nixon on begins secret bombing of Cambodia

Photo by Jacksoncam
15.

1973

  • CEASE FIRE SIGNED IN PARIS
  • End of draft announcements
  • Last american troops leave
  • Hearing on bombing begins
Photo by Jose Luis Mieza Photography
16.

1974

  • Thieu announces renewal of war
  • city damage to vietnam ecology
  • Communist take territory
  • Nixon resigns
  • Communist plan major offensive
Photo by Stuck in Customs
17.

1975

  • Communist forces capture phuoc
  • Hue falls to communist
  • Communism takes aim at Saigon
  • Ford calls war finished
  • American evacuate as Saigon falls
Photo by Quang Minh (YILKA)

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