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vietnamese victory over french
After a 55 day battle the vietnamese concured the french,and their desire to contiune the battle. -
1961
*not correctdate above. Inlate1961 Kennedy ordered more supplies for vietnam. He sent new equipment and military support -
January 2, 1963
Vietcong first bigstep. American Advisors slain -
November 22, 1963
Kennedy assinated.... Johnson takes over -
October 1964
China Successfully tests Atomic Bomb -
February 7, 1965
US Helicopter attacked, 9 americans killed and over 70 more are wounded -
March 24-25, 1965:
Students for a Democratic Society organize the first teach-in on the Vietnam war, at the University of Michigan.attended by about 2,500 and consists of debates, lectures, movies, and musical events aimed at protesting the war -
December 31, 1966:
todate: US military personnel totals over 280,000; approximately 60,000 American military personnel aboard ships. American war casualities for the year total 5008 killed, 37,738 wounded -
February 21, 1967
In one of the largest air-mobile assaults ever, 240 helicopters sweep over Tay Ninh province, The goal of Junction City is to destroy Vietcong bases and the Vietcong military Some 30,000 U.S. troops take part in the mission, joined by 5,000 men of the South Vietnamese Army. American forces succeed in capturing large quantities of stores, -
June 8, 1969
President Nixon meets with South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu on Midway Island in the Pacific, and announces that 25,000 U.S. troops will be withdrawn immediately. -
November 1, 1968
After three-and-a-half years, Operation Rolling Thunder comes to an end. ampaign had cost more than 900 American aircraft. Eight hundred and eighteen pilots are dead or missing, and hundreds are in captivity. According to U.S. estimates, 182,000 North Vietnamese civilians have been killed. -
January 1969
President Richard M. Nixon takes office as the new President of the United States. With regard to Vietnam, he promises to achieve "Peace With Honor." -
December 13, 1972
Peace talks between United States and North Vietnambreak down -
January 27, 1973
ceasefire is signed by all parties in the war -
March 29, 1973
The last U.S. combat troops leave Vietnam.
