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Start of Vietnam War
The war was a cold war-era proxy war. It happened in Vietnam, Laos. and Cambodia. Also known as American War. -
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Vietnam War
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Presidential Election
Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected for his second term as president of the United States of America. While Ngo Dinh Diem became President of the Government of the Republic of Vietnam -
North Vietnam makes its move
North Vietnam begins to bring men and weaponry into the South. they are infiltrating the south -
South losing
Viet Cong, the communist guerrillas operating in South Vietnam, defeat units of the ARVN, the South Vietnamese Army. -
Us enters war
the first American combat troops the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade waded ashore at China Beach north of Da Nang. There had already been limited U.S.naval action, and the bombing of North Vietnam had commenced. There were also 23,000 military advisors already on the ground -
Trouble in Homeland
On April 4 Rev. Martin Luther King is assassinated, and riots break out in virtually every major American city. There are 125 riots or disturbances in 29 states, and Army Reserve units and the National Guard are called out to restore order.
Students at Columbia university takeover the college campus buildings in a student strike as an Anti-War protest.
Robert Kennedy is assassinated on June 4. -
Nixons first Major Attack
Later in May, President Nixon announces a series of large scale bombing raids on North Vietnam; some raids consist of up to 120 warplanes. It is the first significant attack since his predecessor, President Johnson declared a bombing halt in the fall of 1968.By the end of the year U.S. troop strength has declined to 334,600, with 44,245 casualties. -
Biggest War of Vietnam
In January, Nixon announces new troop withdrawals and reveals that there are secret talks being conducted with the North Vietnamese, and discloses his peace proposals. In March the formal talks in Paris are broken off. The North Vietnamese begin a major offensive across the DMZ. This is the biggest battle of the war. In April bombing near Hanoi resumes. In May Nixon orders the mining of Haiphong harbor. -
Christmas Bombing
To force the North Vietnamese to accept Thieu’s changes Nixon initiates the infamous “Christmas bombing” of Hanoi and Haiphong, during which many U.S. B-52s are shot down. -
End of War
North Vietnamese forces entered Saigon. President Duong Van Minh surrendered unconditionally. Saigon and South Vietnam fell.
