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the battle of Dien Bien phu
The battle between the French and freedom seeking Vietnamese -
End of Dien Bien phu
The end of the fighting. Vietnam has independence -
Ho Chi Minh Trail
The trail took soilders and supplies through vietnam during the vietnam war -
U.S. becomes activley involved
First U.S. military personal arrive in south vietnam, -
Operation Rangeland
The introduction of agent orange into vietnam jungle -
Gulf of tunkin attack
The U.S. ship maddox sends out a fake air attack to protect s. vietnamese cammandos who attack n. vietnamese ships in the gulf of tunkin -
Gulf of tunkin resolution
The u.s. congress gives LBJ the power to do what he thinks necessary to defend south vietnam -
Rolling Thunder begins
A bombing action placed to hit n. vietnam to stop their aid of guerilla warfare in south vietnam -
U.S. offers peace for economic aid proposal
The U.S. offers peace in exchange for finacial aid. N. vietnam refuses -
President Johnson commits over 60,00 troops to Vietnam
After the rejection of the peace for economic aid LBJ sends 60,00 troops to vietnam -
First major battle of Vietnam war for American units
At chu lai the N. vietnamese attack a U.S. base and recieve 700 casulties U.S. only losses 45 men -
Operation Junction city
An air attack on N. Vietnamese bases in S. vietnam -
Khe Sanh attacked by Vietcong
at 5:30 the vietcong attack the marine base at Khe Sanh the attack goes on for a couple of days -
Tet offensive begins
Vietcong attack over 100 cities and towns lose 37,000 U.S. losses 2,500 overal win for U.S. but pollitical loss for war support -
My lai massacre
200 innocient vietnamese civilians are killed by U.S. troops -
End of operation rolling thunder
818 pilots are dead after the bombing is called to a stop -
Nixon takes office
Nixon has office says hes going to achieve peace with honor -
Operation Menu
President nixon autherises operation Menu. The bombing of Vietcong bases in cambodia -
All but 133,00 U.S. troops have come home
133,000 troops is all thats left in vietnam. we transfer most of the war responsibility to S. vietnam which has more than 1 million men enlisted -
Peace talks break down
Peace talks stop fighting resumes -
Peace talks resume
Peace talks start back up to end war -
Cease fire signed
A cease fire is signed ending the war in vietnam -
Nixon resigns
On the threat of being impeached for the actions of the republican party at water gate nixon resigns -
Last casualties For U.S. and the final evacuation
The fighting is finally over for the U.S. troops