Vietnam timeline.

  • Geneva Accord

    In 1954 there was a series of documents signed at the end of the first Indochina War that divided Vietnam.
  • Gulf of Tonkin

    In 1964 US destroyers were allegedly in a confrontation with North Vietnam.
  • Operation Rolling Thunder

    a sustained US bombing campaign against North Vietnam.
  • US troops arrival

    the landing of the first US combat troops.
  • Battle of la Drang

    the first major battle between the US and North Vietnam.
  • Tet Offensive

    Viet Cong launched a coordinated attack at south Vietnam
  • Mai Lai Massacre

    US soldier, known as Charlie Company, killed between 340 - 500 unarmed civilians.
  • Paris Peace Accords

    An agreement that the US, Viet Cong, North, and south Vietnam signed.
  • Final US Troop Withdrawal

    This marked the end of US involvement in Vietnam.
  • Fall of Saigon

    North Vietnamese forces captured Saigon.