For Thursday, Hoff, ch. 8
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VIETNAM WAR TIMELINE
- 1954 French defeated at the battle of Dien Bien Phu. Agreed to an international Conference on the future of Vietnam.
- 1954 Geneva Conference ‑ Vietnam divided along the 17th Parallel:
- 1954 South‑East Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) established to protect the independence of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.
- 1955 Last French troops leave Vietnam.
- 1956‑60 US sends arms and millions of dollars to South Vietnam, fearing a take‑over by the Communist North.
- 1961 President Kennedy orders military assistance to South Vietnam.
- 1963: South Vietnam coup. Diem dies. JFK expresses regret about a cable hinting at support for a coup
- 1963 Kennedy assassination. LBJ becomes President.
- 1964 North Vietnamese attack on US ships in Gulf of Tonkin.
- 1964 Tonkin Gulf Resolution passed, allowing US attacks on North Vietnam.
- 1965 US Air Force starts bombing targets in North Vietnam.
- 1965 Internal DOD memo on US war aims:
- 70% --To avoid a humiliating US defeat (to our reputation as a guarantor).
20%--To keep SVN (and then adjacent) territory from Chinese hands.
10%--To permit the people of SVN to enjoy a better, freer way of life. - 1967 Anti‑war demonstrations begin in the USA.
- 1968 Tet offensive inflicts heavy casualties on US army. LBJ drops out of reelection race.
- 1968 Nixon elected President/ The Chennault Affair
- 1969 US fighting troops reach top strength. Peace talks begin.
- 1969 - President Nixon orders a "random selection" lottery system for selecting men to serve in the war in Vietnam, changing the previous system of drafting according to age.
- 1969 - Operation MENU -- covert bombings in Cambodia (Hoff 215-218)
- 1969 -- October and November Moratorium demonstrations (Hoff 227-242)
- Nixon and allies mobilize support for his war policy.
- Silent Majority speech (conclusion starts around 29:00)
- Public support for war effort
- Nixon's approval rating goes up.
- 1970 US troops and planes attack Communist bases in Cambodia.
- Fall 1970
- 1971 -- Release of Pentagon Papers
- 1972 North Vietnamese Army Eastertide Offensive. Most US troops withdrawn.
- Jane Fonda visits North Vietnam, poses with antiaircraft gun that NVA used to kill American pilots.
- Christmas Bombing and private thoughts
- Nixon and the "Decent Interval"
- 1973 US and North Vietnam sign a peace agreement. Last US combat troops leave.
- 1974 Nixon resigns following the Watergate scandal.
- 1975 South Vietnam surrenders to North Vietnam and the country is reunited. Saigon, the South Vietnamese capital, renamed Ho Chi Minh City.
- 1977 President Carter pardons Vietnam‑era draft evaders.
Inductions by Year -- The last draftee enters the Army on June 30, 1973.
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