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Timeline of the Vietnam War

By isaac.bishoff

  • The “Domino Theory”

    The “Domino Theory”
    "You have a row of dominoes set up. You knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is the certainty that it will go over very quickly." - President Eisenhower

  • US Soldiers Train South Vietnamese

    US Soldiers Train South Vietnamese

  • Vietcong Formed

    Vietcong Formed

  • Gulf of Tonkin Incident

    Gulf of Tonkin Incident

  • US Troop Levels Top 200,000

  • Operation "Rolling Thunder" Deployed

    Operation "Rolling Thunder" Deployed

  • Marines Arrive at Danang

    Marines Arrive at Danang

  • Tet Offensive

    Tet Offensive

  • My Lai Massacre

    My Lai Massacre

  • Nixon Begins Secret Bombing of Cambodia (“Operation Breakfast”)

    Nixon Begins Secret Bombing of Cambodia (“Operation Breakfast”)

  • Policy of "Vietnamization" Announced

    Policy of "Vietnamization" Announced
    A policy to leave the Vietnam War to South Vietnamese soldiers. This did not, however, completely end American involment.

  • Ceasefire Signed in Paris

    Ceasefire Signed in Paris

  • Last American Troops Leave Vietnam