Vietnam War Timeline

  • Pentagon Papers

    Pentagon Papers
    secret department, for the military.
  • Dien Bien Phu

    Dien Bien Phu
    this was the first war against french. On this day the french had defeated the Dien Bien Phu.
  • Geneva Conference

    Geneva Conference
    this was most known for a international meeting, it was help in Switzerland involing the soviet union
  • Tet Offensive

    Tet Offensive
    This was one of the most largest military group. 70,000 North Vietnamese and Viet cong forces had set of the Tet offensive
  • "The Secret War"

    "The Secret War"
    The Laotian Civil War was fought between the Communist Pathet Lao and the Royal Lao Government, with both sides receiving heavy external support in a proxy war between the global Cold War superpowers. Wikipedia
  • Gulf of Tonkin Incident

    Gulf of Tonkin Incident
  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
    Military planner's developed a major attack for the north. This was a fear that the public would not support and expansion of a war
  • operation rolling thunder

    operation rolling thunder
    this was a time when the Aerial bomb conduct. they were dropping them on the troops destroying their ships and all.
  • My Lai Massacare

    My Lai Massacare
    They were on a “search and destroy” mission to root out 48th Viet Cong Battalion thought to be in the area
  • Last US troops withdrew from South Vietnam

    Last US troops withdrew from South Vietnam
    300 anti-war students at Harvard University seize the administration building, throw out eight deans, then lock themselves in. They are later forcibly ejected.
  • Kent State University Massacre

    Kent State University Massacre
    the power of the shooting it lead to a major war and end of not being the last.
  • War Powers Act

    War Powers Act
    most know for the resolution of the war. it help in so many ways.