Vietnam War timeline

  • SDS founded

    SDS founded
    The Students for a Democratic Society was a student activist movement. That was one of the main representations of the New Left. It influences direct action, gay rights, abortion and other issues
  • Tet Offensive

    Tet Offensive
    A series of attacks on over 100 towns in South Vietnam by the Vietcong. It was during the biggest holliday in the country called Tet. Although The cities were recoquered by the US and South Vietnam, but the North had a high morale.
  • My Lai massacre

    My Lai massacre
    347- 504 Vietnemese civilians were killed by American soldiers as they searched for Vietcong members. The attack outraged Americans.
  • Vietnamization

    Vietnamization
    A policy of the Richard Nixon administration in order to end US involvement in the Vietnam war by training south Vietnamese troops and slowly taking US soldiers out of Vietnam
  • Cambodia invasion

    Cambodia invasion
    The US soldiers were to invade Cambodia to disrupt Vietcong supply lines and bomb cities. US citizens were not informed of this until years later.
  • Kent State massacre

    Kent State massacre
    Students at Kent State university were protesting the Vietnam war. They were destroying property and burning buildings. 4 students were shot and killed by police.
  • Fall of Saigon

    Fall of Saigon
    The Vietcong army captured the city of Saigon. Almost all US service members were evacuated and the city was renamed by North Vietnam. The north had control of the city.
  • SDS founded

    The Students for a Democratic Society was a student activist movement. That was one of the main representations of the New Left. It influences direct action, gay rights, abortion and other issues
  • SDS founded

    The Students for a Democratic Society was a student activist movement. That was one of the main representations of the New Left. It influences direct action, gay rights, abortion and other issues