The Vietnam War
Key dates on the Vietnam War taken from the Edexcel revision guide 'Ideology, Conflict and Retreat: The USA in Asia 1950-1973'
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- Vietnam War
- The ideological struggle in South East Asia in the early 1950s
- Ho Chi Minh proclaims Vietnam's independence from the French; setting up the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV): 1945
- Armed revolt against the returned French breaks out in Vietnam: 1946
- Communist insurgency in Malaya: 1948
- 1950
- First US supplies sent to the French in Vietnam: June
- Communist China ships arms to the Viet Minh: June
- Eisenhower elected as President: November 1952
- Dulles becomes US secretary of state: January 1953
- 1954
- Major French defeat at Dien Bien Phu: May
- Geneva Accords divides Vietnam at the 17th parallel: July
- SEATO set up: September
- $2 billion sent to South Vietnam from USA: September
- Ngo Dinh Diem overthrows the monarchy and proclaims Republic of Vietnam in the South with himself as President: 1955
- 1956
- Diem reneges on all Vietnam reflections scheduled under the 1954 Geneva Accords
- DRV busy with internal problems in the North
- 1959
- DNV politburo decides to send substantial aid to communist opponents of Diem in the South - 2nd Vietnam War begins
- Geneva Accords break down in Laos
- 1960
- Pathet Lao (communists) seem on the edge of victory in Laos backed by USSR and DRV
- Kennedy elected as president: November
- Growing participation in Vietnam, 1954-1968
- The Kennedy years, 1960-1963
- 1959
- Renewed fighting in Laos
- Democratic Republic of Vietnam increases support to communist rebels in Vietnam
- 1960
- Kennedy elected as President: November
- Attempted coup against Diem by South Vietnamese Army units: November
- National liberation front set up to unite opponents of Diem: December
- 1961
- Growing tension over Berlin
- Johnson returns from Vietnam visit: May
- Rostow-Taylor returns from Vietnam visit: October
- Approximately 3,200 US military personnel stationed in South Vietnam: December
- 1962
- Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) established: February
- Geneva Accords on Laos: July
- Cuban Missile Crisis: October
- Approximately 11,300 US military personnel stationed in South Vietnam:December
- 1963
- Battle of Ap Bac: January
- Growing crisis with Buddhist majority in South Vietnam: May
- Diem removed from power and murdered: November
- Kennedy assassinated, Johnson becomes President: November
- Approximately 16,300 military personnel stationed in South Vietnam: November
- 1959
- The Johnson years, 1963-1967
- 1963
- Kennedy Assassinated: November
- North Vietnam decides to intensify the war with the South: December
- 1964
- Johnson approves covert operations against North Vietnam; Coup in Saigon: January
- Gulf of Tonkin incident; Tonkin Gulf resolution passed by Congress: August
- Johnson beats Goldwater by landslide: November
- Approximately 23,300 US Personnel in South Vietnam: December
- 1965
- Johnson approves operation Rolling Thunder: February
- Two US marine battalions deployed to guard US air bases: March
- 1st large anti-war demonstration in Washington: May
- General Westmoreland empowered to commit US ground forces to combat: June
- Battle of La Drang valley, the first major battle between US forces and the North Vietnamese Army: November
- Approximately 184,300 US military personnel in South Vietnam: December
- 1966
- US resumes bombing in North Vietnam: January
- Approximately 385,300 US military personnel in South Vietnam
- 1967
- US mines some harbours and rivers in the DRV: February
- Soviet freighter hit by US bombs: June
- Nguyen Van Thieu elected President of Republic of Vietnam: Septebmer
- Anti-war demonstration in Washington turns violent: October
- Approximately 485,600 US military personnel in South Vietnam: December
- 1963
- The Kennedy years, 1960-1963
- The Nixon presidency and the withdrawal of US forces, 1969-1973
- 1968 - the turning point?
- 1967
- General Westmoreland gives optimistic briefing to Congress: November
- Approximately 485,600 military personnel in South Vietnam: December
- 1968
- Attacks on Khe Sanh begin: 20 January
- Tet Offensive in Saigon and elsewhere: 31 January
- Last Communists cleared frome Hue: 26 February
- Requests for extra 200,000 troops: February
- My Lai Massacre: 16 March
- Johnson announces he will not stand for Presidency in 1968 election: 31 March
- 2,169 US ground forces killed in combat; Paris peace talks begin: May
- Democratic convention in Chicago: August
- Richard Nixon beats Hubert Humphrey to become President: November
- Approximately 537,100 US military personnel in South Vietnam: December
- 1967
- Nixon and withdrawal, 1969-1973
- 1968
- Richard Nixon beats Hubert Humphrey to become President-elect: November
- Approximately 537,100 US military personnel in South Vietnam: December
- 1969
- US forces peak at 543,000: April
- Ho Chi Minh dies: September
- Story of My Lai Massacre breaks; large anti-war demonstrations across USA: November
- 475,200 military personnel in South Vietnam: December
- 1970
- Coup in Laos: March
- US invasion of areas in Cambodia; large anti-war demonstrations; four students killed and Kent State University, Ohio: may
- Congress forbids US ground troops in Cambodia, Laos and Thailand; 334,600 military personnel in South Vietnam: December
- 1971
- ARVN troops cross into Laos: February
- Australia withdraws last combat troops; 158,120 US military personnel in South Vietnam: December
- 1972
- Nixon visits China: February
- Major North Vietnam Army offensive repulsed: March
- Heavy bombing of North Vietnam: April
- Kissinger and North Vietnamese agree outline detail; bombing of North Vietnam halted: October
- Nixon re-elected as president: November
- North Vietnamese walk out of Paris talks; operation Linebacker II - heavy bombing of northern North Vietnam; 24,000 US military personnel in South Vietnam: December
- 1973
- Peace talks resume - agreement reached; ceasefire: January
- Withdrawal of US forces: March
- 1968
- Aftermath and assessment, 1973-1975
- 1973
- Withdrawal of all US military personnel from South Vietnam completed: March
- 1974
- Nixon resignes as President: August
- 1975
- Major NVA attack in South Vietnam: March
- Communist forces enter Saigon; Khmer Rouge forces occupy Phnom Penh in Cambodia: April
- Communist Pathet Lao take over Laos: December
- 1976
- North and South Vietnam unite to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: July
- 1978
- Vietnam invades Cambodia and ends rule of Khmer Rouge: December
- 1979
- China and Vietnam clash: February
- 1973
- 1968 - the turning point?
- The ideological struggle in South East Asia in the early 1950s
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