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Flaming dart
Congress authorizes Operation Flaming Dart. In response to attacks by the viet cong. Operation Flaming Dart was the main start to the fight in Vietnam and led to an escalation of the war. -
U.S.A into Vietnam
Beginning of 1965. The United States sends troops into Vietnam. They entered Vietnam after Johnson's election. The troops began ground combat. -
Search and Destroy
Troops started search and destroy missions. They used these missions because of the elusiveness of the vietnamese. These missions really damaged the vietcong and hurt their numbers. -
Operation Crimp
Operation Crimp was a Co-op mission between the U.S and Australia. Operation Crimp was meant to locate viet cong headquarters. The operation was a success. Operation Crimp was one of the first operations that was successful and was a cause for more troops in vietnam. -
Operation Attleboro
Attleboro was an American search and destroy mission. Attleboro was very successful with more then 2,000 Viet Cong being killed and capturing supply drops. This success led to more troops in vietnam. -
Operation Cedar Falls
Operation Cedar Falls purpose was to drive out the vietcong The operation both succeeded and failed. They succeeded in driving them away but destroyed many civilian housing.This gave an insight for the vietcong on how the americans fight. -
Massacre in Mai Lai
The Mai Lai Massacre is is a well known act of violence against civilians. Mai Lai Massacre happened because the U.S started burning down houses. This got a lot of media coverage in the states and led to more troops in vietnam. -
Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive was a bunch of attacks carried out by the Viet Cong. Many think this is what really changed the course if the war. These attacks led to more troops being sent to vietnam -
End of rolling thunder
In 1968 Operation Rolling Thunder began to come to a close. Rolling Thunder ended due to its failure to stop the viet cong. After thus they started to withdraw troops from vietnam.
