the vietnam timeline 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryThe Cold WarGCSEAll boards Created by: Lizzie.estellCreated on: 05-11-18 20:13 1954 defeat at dien bien phu leads to french withdrawal from vietnam 1 of 18 1956 ngo dinh diem refuses to hold electrons 2 of 18 1959 Ho Chi Minh begins sending troops and weapons into the south of vietnam 3 of 18 1961 president kennedy increases US involvment in vietnam 4 of 18 1963 Quang duc, a buddhist monk, sets fire to himself in saigon 5 of 18 1964 gulf of tonkin incident 6 of 18 1965 operation rollingh thunder launched 7 of 18 1965 major increases in US troop numbers in vietnam 8 of 18 1968 battle for khe sanh and tet offensive 9 of 18 1968 my lai massacre 10 of 18 1968 tommie smith and john carlos give black power salute at mexico olympics 11 of 18 1969 US opens secret peace talk with north vietnam 12 of 18 1970 US and south vietnemese forces briefly invade cambodia 13 of 18 1971 US and south vietnemese forces attack laos 14 of 18 1972 north vietnemese easter offensive 15 of 18 1972 US launch operation line backer 16 of 18 1972 formal peace negotiations commence 17 of 18 1973 paris peace accords 18 of 18
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