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1960 |
Vietcong Formed (National Liberation Front for South Vietnam) |
1961 |
Vice President Johnson Tours Saigon |
1962 |
Operation Chopper: America's first combat missions against the Vietcong. |
1963 |
Battle of Ap Bac where the Vietcong defeat the South Vietnamese Army |
1964 |
General Nguyen Khanh Seizes Power in Saigon |
1965 |
Over 200,000 US troops are sent to Vietnam |
1966 |
B-52s Bomb North Vietnam |
1967 |
Operation Cedar Falls |
1968 |
The Tet Offensive: The Vietcong scores a psychological victory |
1969 |
Operation Breakfast: Nixon authorises the covert bombing of Cambodia in an attempt to destroy supply routes |
1970 |
April : President Nixon extends Vietnam War to Cambodia |
1971 |
Publication of the Pentagon Papers |
1972 |
Pressure on Nixon increases to end the involvement of the US in Vietnam and secret peace talks are initiated. US forces apply pressure on North Vietnam by heavy bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong |
1973 |
A cease-fire agreement is signed in Paris |
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