Vietnam war

By AidenHiner26

  • My Lai massacre

    My Lai massacre
    U.S troops invaded murdered at least 300 Vietnamese civilians at a small South Vietnamese sub-hamlet called My Lai.

  • Nixon begins Vietnamization

    Nixon begins Vietnamization
    In order to draw the US out of the war, Nixon began a process known as Vietnamization which consisted of removing groups of US soldiers out of vietnam and letting the South Vietnamese take over more of the hassle of fighting.

  • Kissinger and Linkage

    Kissinger and Linkage
    Nixon Hired Henry Kissinger to use diplomacy to end the war and began secret negotiations with the North Vietnamese

  • U.S troops invade cambodia

    U.S troops invade cambodia
    Nixon announced that U.S troops invaded Cambodia. The objective of the campaign was the defeat of the approximately 40,000 troops of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the Viet Cong (VC) in the eastern border regions of Cambodia.

  • National guard kills students

    National guard kills students
    Due to the Cambodia Campaign, protests began to rise in the U.S. Especially on college campuses. On May 4th, 1970, the national guard killed 4 students protesting the war at kent state

  • Congress repeals gulf of Tonkin

    Congress repeals gulf of Tonkin
    Nixon's decision to invade Cambodia angered Congress, resulting in a repeal of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which had previously given the president authority to do whatever it takes to contain communism.

  • Leaked paper of pentagon

    Leaked paper of pentagon
    The Pentagon Papers revealed that the U.S. had secretly enlarged the scope of its actions in the Vietnam War with coastal raids on North Vietnam and Marine Corps attacks. None of which were reported in the media.

  • The Christmas Bombings

    The Christmas Bombings
    After the peace talks had broken down, starting on December 18, American B-52s and fighter bombers dropped over 20,000 tons of bombs on the cities of Hanoi and Haiphong. North Vietnam claimed that over 1,600 civilians were killed.

  • War reaches end

    War reaches end
    After the Christmas bombings, the warring sides decided to sign an agreement which ended the war for America on January 27, 1973.

  • Vietnam memorial

    Vietnam memorial
    Due to the long lasting impact on the nation that vietnam had created, the nation dedicated the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., a large black granite wall inscribed with the names of those killed and missing in action in the war.