Vietnam war dates Flashcards
When was the Truman doctrine signed and what was it ?
1947- The Truman Doctrine is an American foreign policy that pledges American support for democracies against authoritarian threats
When did Senator Joseph McCarthy make an allegation that he had a list of over 200 communists working directly for the US government?
1950
When did Eisenhower first use the term ‘Domino theory’?
1953
When did the US first send advisors to instruct the South Vietnamese army under the instruction of Eisenhower?
1953
When was the Battle of Dien Bien Phu?
Spring 1954
When was the Geneva agreement signed?
July 1954
When is Vietnam divided into North and South?
July 1954
When did Eisenhower send a team of CIA agents to Saigon to gather info for the US government?
1954
When was the Vietcong created?
1960
When was the Strategic Hamlet Programme introduced?
1962
When was the Gulf of Tonkin incident?
1964
When does Operation rolling thunder start?
Feb-March 1965
When did the first American combat troops arrive at Da Nang?
1965
When was the Tet offensive?
Jan 1968
When does Operationg Rolling Thunder finish?
1968
When was the My Lai massacre? (Images went global)
1969
When did the US secretary-Henry Kissinger- and Le Duc Tho begin secret peace talks?
Jan 1969
When did the US policy of Vietnamisation begin under the instruction of Nixon?
Nov 1969
When did 500,000 anti-war protester begin a demonstration in Washington DC?
Nov 1969
When was the student demonstration at Kent State university? 4 killed, 9 injured
4th May 1970
When did the last US troops leaves Vietnam?
March 1973
When was the Watergate scandal forcing Nixon to resign?
Aug 1974
When was the North Vietnam army offensive against South Vietnam ?(Post US leaving)
Dec 1974
When did Saigon fall to communism for the last time?
April 1975
