The Vietnam War

By LEA0010
  • Period: to

    time span of the vietnam war

  • gulf of tonkin incedent

    several North Vietnamese patrol boats open fire on two US Navy destroyers. the US approves Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorising military action in the region.

  • america enters the war

    the US sends 200,000 thousands troops to vietnam the arrive at the south of the country

  • troop numbers rise

    us troop numbers rise in vietnam to 400,000 then to 500,000 the following year

  • Battle for hue

    The Battle for Hue wages for 26 days as US and South Vietnamese forces try to recapture the site seized by the Communists during the Tet Offensive. Previously, a religious retreat in the middle of a war zone, Hue was nearly leveled in a battle that left nearly all of its population homeless.

  • My Lai Massacre:

    On March 16, the angry and frustrated men of Charlie Company, 11th Brigade, Americal Division entered the village of My Lai. "This is what you've been waiting for -- search and destroy -- and you've got it," said their superior officers. A short time later the killing began.

  • Westmoreland Requests 206,000 More Troops

  • tet offensive

    a combined assault by Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese army on US positions begins. over 500 civilians are killed in the US massacre at My Lai. Thousands are killed by communist forces during their occupation of the city of Hue.

  • Paris Peace Talks Begin

    Following a lengthy period of debate and discussion, North Vietnamese and American negotiators agree on a location and start date of peace talks. Talks are slated to begin in Paris on May 10 with W. Averell Harriman representing the United States, and former Foreign Minister Xuan Thuy heading the North Vietnamese delegation.

  • Ho Chi Minh is killed

    President Nixon begins to reduce US ground troops in Vietnam as domestic public opposition to the war grows.

  • Nixon Begins Secret Bombing of Cambodia

    In an effort to destroy Communist supply routes and base camps in Cambodia, President Nixon gives the go-ahead to "Operation Breakfast." The covert bombing of Cambodia, conducted without the knowledge of Congress or the American public.

  • News of My Lai Massacre Reaches US

    Through the reporting of journalist Seymour Hersh, Americans read for the first time of the atrocities committed by Lt. William Calley and his troops in the village of My Lai. At the time the reports were made public, the Army had already charged Calley with the crime of murder.

  • Nixon's national security advisor

    Henry Kissinger, and Le Duc Tho, for the Hanoi government, start talks in Paris.

  • Number of US Troops Falls to 280K

  • Nixon Cuts Troop Levels by 70K

    Responding to charges by Democratic presidential candidates that he is not moving fast enough to end US involvement in Vietnam, President Nixon orders troop strength reduced by seventy thousand.