The Vietnam War Timeline - Sitemap

• 1954

  • May 7th - French defeated at the battle of Dien Bien Phu
  • July 20th - The Indochina War Ends
  • July 21st - The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
  • August 10th - Operation Passage to Freedom Begins
  • September 24th - Coup Against Diem is Thwarted
  • October 11th - The French Depart Hanoi
  • October 13th - The Vietnamese Marine Corps is Formed

• 1955

  • January 1st - First U.S. Aid Directly to South Vietnam Arrives
  • July 7th - China Provides military Aid to North Vietnam
  • July 18th - The USSR Agrees to Provide Aid to North Vietnam
  • October 26th - Diem Creates The Republic of Vietnam

• 1963

  • January 2nd - The Battle of Ap Bac
  • September 3rd - Battle of Go Cong
  • November 2nd - Ngo Dinh Diem Assasinated
  • November 22nd - Battle of Hiep Hoa
  • November 22nd - Lyndon B. Johnson becomes President

• 1964

  • January 30th - General Nguyen Khanh Siezes Power in Saigon
  • August 2nd - USS Maddox fires upon torpedo boats
  • August 10th - Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• 1965

  • March 2nd - Operation Rolling Thunder begins
  • March 9th - US Marines land at Danang
  • November 14th - Battle of Ia Drang Begins

• 1967

  • January 8th - Operation Cedar Falls begins
  • April 4th - Dr. Martin Luther King speaks out against the war

• 1968

  • January 30th - Tet Offensive Begins
  • March 16th - Mai Lai Massacre

• 1969

  • October 15th - The Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam
  • November 3rd - Ho Chi Minh dies at age 79

• 1971

  • June 13th - Excerpts of The Pentagon Papers published by the New York Times

• 1972

  • March 30th - The Easter Offensive Begins
  • August 11th - Last American Combat Unit Leaves Vietnam

• 1973

  • March 29th - Last Logistical Units Depart Vietnam

• 1975

  • March 14th - President Thieu Orders the Abandonment of the Northern half of South Vietnam
  • April 8th - The Battle of Xuan Loc
  • April 12th - Operation Eagle Pull Carried Out
  • April 21st - President Thieu Resigns
  • April 23rd - President Ford Says "The War is Over"
  • April 30th - The Fall of Saigon