1963-1972 Flashcards
When was JFK assassinated
Nov 1963
When was the Gulf on Tonkin resolution
August 1964:
a US naval vessel, the USS Maddox was attacked twice by North Vietnamese torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin which is off the coast of North Vietnam.
When was the My Lai Massacre
1968, US troops killed 300 civilians in the village of My Lai
When was Operation Rolling Thunder
Feb 1965:
This was the bombing of strategic military targets in North Vietnam
When did Johnson publicly declare he would escalate involvement in Vietnam
July 1965
When was the Tet Offensive
Jan 1968:
The Vietcong used the cover of this to change tactics and launched hundreds of attacks on US-held areas across South Vietnam, including the US Embassy in Saigon.
When did Nixon visit USSR
1972
When did Nixon introduce the policy of Vietnamisation
July 1969
When was Operation Menu
March 1969:
Launched a bombing offensive on areas that the North Vietnamese used in Cambodia
When was did Pol Pot take over
1970
When was the Paris Peace Talks
March 1968:
Johnson announced his attention to pursue a negotiated settlement with North Vietnam
When did Henry Kissinger met Le Duc Tho
Feb 1970
When did Kissinger work out a peace agreement with the NV
Oct 1972
When did the City of Saigon fall to the communists
30th April 1975
