Vietnam war

Question 1

1957

Answer 1

October - NV bombs SV

Question 2

1959

Answer 2

March - NV declares war on SV
May - Construction of Ho Chi Minh trail begins
USA sends in military advisors

Question 3

1961

Answer 3

Viet Cong successfully attack SV troops

US sends in more advisors and huey helicopters in

Question 4

1962

Answer 4

Jan - Operation Ranch Hand & Agent Orange
Mar - Strategic Hamlet program (People didn’t want to leave ancestral land)
April - US sends in armoured personnel vehicles

Question 5

1963

Answer 5

Jan - Battle of Ap Bac ()
Nov - Military coup in SV
Diem is assassinated

Question 6

1964

Answer 6

June - Westmoreland put in charge of American forces (Notable for search-and-destroy missions)
Aug - Gulf of Tonkin (LBJ manipulated the Golf of Tonkin incident in order to get a blank cheque from congress)

Question 7

1965

Answer 7

Feb Operation Flaming dart
Escalation begins:
Mar - Operation Rolling Thunder
200,000 US troops in Vietnam
Nov - Battle of La Drang

Question 8

1966

Answer 8

SEATO troops arrive to help South Vietnam

Question 9

1968

Answer 9

Tet Offensive begins, including Battle of Hue
Feb - Kronkite stops supporting American involvement in war
Mar - My Lai Massacre
May - US stops bombing NV and peace talks begin
June - Abrams replaces Westmoreland

Question 10

1969

Answer 10

Sept - Ho dies replaced by Ton duc Thang

Nov - Policy of Vietnamisation begins

Question 11

1970

Answer 11

Mar/Apr - NV, SV, and US become involved in Cambodia

Question 12

1971

Answer 12

Pentagon papers were released (American public was outraged)

Question 13

1972

Answer 13

Aug Last USA ground forces leave SV

Question 14

1973

Answer 14

Jan - Paris Peace Accords are signed

Oct - Le Duc Tho refuses Nobel Peace Prize

Question 15

1975

Answer 15

Apr - Operation frequent wind

30 April - Saigon falls to VC and NV

Question 16

1976

Answer 16

2 July - Vietnam rejoins to form Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Failure of containment)