Vietnam war Flashcards
1957
October - NV bombs SV
1959
March - NV declares war on SV
May - Construction of Ho Chi Minh trail begins
USA sends in military advisors
1961
Viet Cong successfully attack SV troops
US sends in more advisors and huey helicopters in
1962
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
1963
Jan - Battle of Ap Bac ()
Nov - Military coup in SV
Diem is assassinated
1964
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)
1965
Feb Operation Flaming dart Escalation begins: Mar - Operation Rolling Thunder 200,000 US troops in Vietnam Nov - Battle of La Drang
1966
SEATO troops arrive to help South Vietnam
1968
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
1969
Sept - Ho dies replaced by Ton duc Thang
Nov - Policy of Vietnamisation begins
1970
Mar/Apr - NV, SV, and US become involved in Cambodia
1971
Pentagon papers were released (American public was outraged)
1972
Aug Last USA ground forces leave SV
1973
Jan - Paris Peace Accords are signed
Oct - Le Duc Tho refuses Nobel Peace Prize
1975
Apr - Operation frequent wind
30 April - Saigon falls to VC and NV