Dates Vietnam Flashcards
Defeat at Dein Bien Phu causes French withdrawal from Vietnam
1954
Ngo Dinh Diem refuses to hold elections
1956
Ho Chi Minh starts sending troops and weapons to South Vietnam
1959
Kennedy increases US involvement in Vietnam
1961
Quang Ducma budhist monk sets fire to himself in Saigon
1963
Gulf of Tonkin incident
1964
Opperation rolling thunder
1965
Major increase of US troops in Vietnam
1965
Battle for Khe Sanh and Tet offensive
1968
My Lai massacre
1968
US opens secret peace talks with North Vietnam
1969
US and South Vietnamese birefly invade Cambodia
1970
US and South Vietnamese forces attack Laos
1971
North Vietnamese Easter Offensive
1972
US launch operation linebacker
1972
Formal peace negotiations start
1972
Paris peace accords
1973
Saigon falls to North Vietnamese army
1975