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Geneva Accords
The Geneva Accords states that they will be becoming an independent nation. This ends 75 years of French colonialism. For two years Vietnam was divided. -
Assassination of Diem
Diem's government was disliked even more whenever he used his tactics against the Vietcong. He was murdered by some of his own Generals. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave the President the power to do anything to repel against the forces of the United States and prevent more aggression. -
LBJ ordered 1st troops to Vietnam
The President of the United States, President Lyndon B. Johnson, announced to the public that he had ordered the first troops to go to Vietnam. The reason he did this was because there was an incident with the Gulf of Tonkin. -
My Lai Massacre
The My Lai massacre was one of the most horrific incidents of violence committed against unarmed civilians during the Vietnam War. A company of American soldiers brutally killed most of the people—women, children and old men—in the village of My Lai on March 16, 1968. -
Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive was a coordinated series of North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam. The offensive was an attempt to foment rebellion among the South Vietnamese population and encourage the United States to scale back its involvement in the Vietnam War. -
Nixon’s Vietnamization policy
Vietnamization was a policy of the Richard Nixon administration to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War through a program to "expand, equip, and train South Vietnamese forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops". -
Nixon Becomes President
Richard Nixon was the 37th President. He is the first president to get close to impeachment and getting kicked out of the office to resign. -
Hard Hat Riot
The Hard Hat Riot occurred on May 8, 1970, in New York City. It started around noon when around 400 construction workers and around 800 office workers attacked around 1,000 demonstrators affiliated with the student strike of 1970. -
Nixon ordered troops to Cambodia
He announced his decision to launch American forces into Cambodia with the special objective of capturing COSVN, "the headquarters of the entire communist military operation in South Vietnam." Nixon's speech on national television on 30 April 1970 was called "vintage Nixon" by Kissinger. -
Nixon goes to China
He was the first president to go there on a 7 day official visit. The visit ended 25 years of no communication or any diplomatic ties between the countries. -
Nixon's Christmas Bombing
The US Air Force lost two B-52s that night out of a total of 15. A number of fighter jets and support aircraft were also destroyed during the 11 days of Linebacker II. At least 30 US airmen were killed and more than 20 went missing in action, others were captured after ejecting over North Vietnam. -
Paris Peace Accords
The Paris Peace Accords officially titled the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Viet Nam, was a peace treaty signed on January 27, 1973, to establish peace in Vietnam and end the Vietnam War. -
Nixon Resigns
The House Judiciary Committee then approved articles of impeachment against Nixon for obstruction of justice, abuse of power, and contempt of Congress. With his complicity in the cover-up made public and his political support completely eroded, Nixon resigned from office on August 9, 1974. -
Saigon Fall
The Fall of Saigon, also known as the Liberation of Saigon, was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the Viet Cong on 30 April 1975.