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Aug 26, 2010 · Ten long years of vicious combat -- including the Tet Offensive and bloodshed at Hue and Saigon --permanently embedded the Vietnam War in the American consciousness. Playlist -...
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After a decade of fierce fighting, North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong resistance fighters liberate Saigon from the Rothschild backed U.S. occupation.
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On 30 March North Vietnam launched the Nguyễn Huệ or Easter Offensive, a massive conventional invasion of South Vietnam. This led to a large increase in U.S. airpower and airstrikes to defend South Vietnam and a resumption of bombing of North Vietnam.
- Vietnam Background: Uneasy French Rule
- When Was The Vietnam War?
- The Geneva Accords
- America Enters The Vietnam War
- More Troops, More Deaths, More Protests
- North Vietnam Shocks America
- Gradual Withdrawal from Vietnam
- Vietnamization Falters, America Exits
- How Many Were Killed in The Vietnam War?
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• 1887: France imposes a colonial system over Vietnam, calling it French Indochina. The system includes Tonkin, Annam, Cochin China and Cambodia. Laos is added in 1893. • 1923-25: Vietnamese nationalist Ho Chi Minh is trained in the Soviet Unionas an agent of the Communist International (Comitern). • February 1930: Ho Chi Minh founds the Indochines...
• March 1947: In an address to Congress, President Harry Truman states that the foreign policy of the United States is to assist any country whose stability is threatened by communism. The policy becomes known as the Truman Doctrine. • June 1949: The French install former emperor Bao Dai as head of state in Vietnam. • August 1949: The Soviet Union ...
• July 1954: The Geneva Accords establish North and South Vietnam with the 17th parallel as the dividing line. The agreement also stipulates that elections are to be held within two years to unify Vietnam under a single democratic government. These elections never happen. • 1955: Catholic nationalist Ngo Dinh Diem emerges as the leader of South Vie...
• August 1964: USS Maddox on an espionage mission is attacked by North Vietnamese patrol torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin. A second attack on the Maddox and another U.S. ship in the Gulf is alleged, but likely never occurred, according to National Security Agency documentsdeclassified in 2005. The incidents lead President Johnson to call for air...
• July 1965: President Johnson calls for 50,000 more ground troops to be sent to Vietnam, increasing the draft to 35,000 each month. • August 1965: In Operation Starlite, some 5,500 U.S. Marines strike against the First Viet Cong Regiment in the first major ground offensive by U.S. forces in Vietnam. The six-day operation diffuses the Viet Cong reg...
• January 1968: The Tet Offensivebegins, encompassing a combined assault of Viet Minh and North Vietnamese armies. Attacks are carried out in more than 100 cities and outposts across South Vietnam, including Hue and Saigon, and the U.S. Embassy is invaded. The effective, bloody attacks shock U.S. officials and mark a turning point in the war and th...
• 1969-1972: The Nixon administration gradually reduces the number of U.S. forces in South Vietnam, placing more burden on the ground forces of South Vietnam’s ARVN as part of a strategy known as Vietnamization. U.S. troops in Vietnam are reduced from a peak of 549,000 in 1969 to 69,000 in 1972. • February 1970: U.S. National Security Advisor Henry...
• January-March 1971: In Operation Lam Son 719, ARVN troops, with U.S. support, invade Laos in an attempt to cut off the Ho Chi Minh Trail. They are forced to retreat and suffer heavy losses. • June 1971: The New York Times publishes a series of articles detailing leaked Defense Department documents about the war, known as the Pentagon Papers. The ...
• August 1974: President Nixon resigns in the face of likely impeachment after the Watergate Scandal is revealed. Gerald R. Fordbecomes president. • January 1975: President Ford rules out any further U.S. military involvement in Vietnam. • April 1975: In the Fall of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam is seized by communist forces and the governme...
The Vietnam War: The Definitive Illustrated History, created in association with the Smithsonian Institution, published by DK | Penguin Random House, 2017. The Vietnam War: An Intimate History, by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns, based on the film series by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, published by Penguin Random House, 2017. Vietnam Profile – Timelin...
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Apr 29, 2021 · On April 30, 1975, the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese Army, effectively ending the Vietnam War. In the days before, U.S. forces evacuated thousands of Americans and South Vietnamese.
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May 1, 2015 · The Vietnam War lasted from 1955 to 1975, with U.S. combat troops arriving in 1965. The war was fought between Communist-backed North Vietnam and the U.S.-backed South Vietnam.
