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Vietnam Independence Proclaimed
Ho Chi Minh declares the independence of Vietnam from France. -
The Domino Theory
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower uses this theory to express how if one state becomes communist others will follow. This is reasoning for US involvement. -
The Geneva Accords
Vietnam is seperated into North and South at the 17th Parallel, this is supposed to create calamity but later raises tension. -
Diem as President
Ngo Dinh Diem declares himself premier of the Republic of Vietnam. -
Ho Chi Minh Trail Created
A network of roads built from North Vietnam to South Vietnam through the neighboring countries of Laos and Cambodia is used to provide supplies to the Vietcong and the North Vietnamese Army. -
Agent Orange
U.S. forces spray color-coded herbicides over the rural landscape in Vietnam to defoliate trees and shrubs and kill food crops that were providing cover and food to opposition forces. Like in every war there is a new type of weapon, ie. atomic bomb. -
Kennedy Assasinated
Lyndon Johnson is sworn in as President after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
The destroyer USS Maddox, while performing a signals intelligence patrol as part of DESOTO operations, engages three North Vietnamese Navy torpedo boats of the 135th Torpedo Squadron and a sea battle results. This will lead to the Tonkin Resolution. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
The gradual and sustained US 2nd Air Division, US Navy, and Republic of Vietnam Air Force erial bombardment campaign conducted against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam marked the first sustained American assault on North Vietnamese territory and thus represented a major expansion of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. -
Tet Offensive
Communist launch wave of surprise attacks in South Vietnam that will start the bloodiest battles of the war. -
Battle of Hue Ends
The executions and mass killings perpetrated by the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army during their capture, occupation and later withdrawal from the city of Hue during the Tet Offensive finally comes to an end. -
Operation Breakfast
Covert United States Strategic Air Command bombing campaign conducted in eastern Cambodia and Laos begins, the success leads to other air raids. -
Kent State Masacre
Members of the Ohio National Guard fire into a crowd of Kent State University demonstrators, killing four and wounding nine students. This furthers the publics dislike for the war. -
The Pentagon Papers
The New York Times published the "United States – Vietnam Relations, 1945–1967: A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense" which reveiled to the public revealed that the U.S. had secretly enlarged the scale of the Vietnam War with the bombings of nearby Cambodia and Laos, coastal raids on North Vietnam, and Marine Corps attacks, none of which were reported in the mainstream media. -
Bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong
U.S. responds to the Nguyen Hue Offensive by the North Vietnamese by using B-52s against Hanoi and Haiphong. -
The Paris Peace Accords
President Richard Nixon ends America’s direct involvement in the Vietnam War. -
Fall of Saigon
South Vietnam surrenders, bringing about an end to the Vietnam War. -
The Wall
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in DC honors those who gave their lives during the war.
