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NLF attack Americans
The NLF launch a series of attacks on the Americans -
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Tet Offensive
The Viet Cong launched a number of attacks intensifying the Vietnam war -
NLF receives significant losses
The NLF had lost over 90,000 men and the end of the war was near according to General Westmoreland -
Suprise Attack
The NLF attacked over 100 cities in Vietnam with more than 70,000 men. This was the beginning of the Tet Offensive -
Attack On Saigon
The US Embassy in Saigon was attcked suprising civilians and soldiers who believed that the NLF had almost been defeated. -
The US Consider Withdrawal From Vietnam
After realising that America can't win the war, Presidient Johnson announces over national tv that the air strikes would stop and negotiations would begin. Casualty rates for the Americans were about 2500 whilst the NLF had lost over 37,000 -
My Lai Massacre
US troops march through My Lai and killed over 500 vietnamese people including newborn children and old people -
Callibng Reinforcements
The USSD calls for over 24,500 military reserves to fight in the Vietnam war for period of 2 years -
Peace Talks
The US leaders and the North Vietnam leaders agree to sit down and start negotiations