Vietnam War 1954-1980

By lducero

  • The Diem Regime

    The Diem Regime
    U.S. funds Diem government.

  • MAAG Takes Over Training of South Vietnamese Forces

    MAAG Takes Over Training of South Vietnamese Forces
    This represents the beginning of the “advisory” force that will number nearly a thousand troops by the end of the Eisenhower administration.

  • Bay of Pigs Invasion 1961

    Bay of Pigs Invasion 1961
    The U.S. attempt to topple Fidel Castro's communist government.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    America would use Naval Forces to quarantine the Island of Cuba.

  • Advisory Effort in Vietnam

    Advisory Effort in Vietnam
    Increase of advisors in South Vietnam 1963.

  • U.S. Operation Plan 34A

    U.S. Operation Plan 34A
    In February U.S. Operation Plan 34A is initiated including ARVN commando raids on North Vietnamese coastal installations. The interim military junta formed under Duong Van Minh following the assassination of Diem is overthrown in a second coup by General Nguyen Khanh.

  • 100,000 U.S. troops arrive in Vietnam

    100,000 U.S. troops arrive in Vietnam

  • General Westmoreland commands over a million troops in Vietanam

    General Westmoreland commands over a million troops in Vietanam

  • 500,000 troops in Vietnam and 9000 KIA's

    500,000 troops in Vietnam and 9000 KIA's

  • NLF launches the TET Offensive

    NLF launches the TET Offensive
    They attack all US military bases and all 110 cities and towns in south Vietnam.

  • Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated.

    Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated.

  • President Kennedy assassinated.

    President Kennedy assassinated.

  • Over 500,000 US troops in Vietnam

    Over 500,000 US troops in Vietnam

  • Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho begin secret peace talks in Paris

    Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho begin secret peace talks in Paris

  • Last US combat troops leave South Vietnam

    Last US combat troops leave South Vietnam