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96 Moments
1965
US Ground Combat Troops Authorized in Vietnam by President Johnson.
Battle of Dong Xoai ends in Viet Cong victory
General Nguyen Cao Ky's Leadership Shift Marks Key Turning Point in South Vietnam's Anti-Communist Strategy
US Troops Ordered Offensive Combat Operations
Arrival of First US Combat Forces in Da Nang
US President Sends Troops to Protect Da Nang Airbase
Start of US Bombing Campaign on North Vietnam
1964
General Nguyen Khanh leads military coup in South Vietnam
US bombing of North Vietnam in retaliation to alleged Gulf of Tonkin attacks.
Gulf of Tonkin Incident Sparks Vietnam War
General Taylor: US Ambassador in South Vietnam
1963
President of South Vietnam assassinated in military coup.
South Vietnam declares martial law after pagoda raids
1962
Operation Ranch Hand: Defoliating South Vietnamese Forests
1961
Emergency crisis declared in South Vietnam over communist attack.
1960
Formation of the National Liberation Front in South Vietnam
1957
South Vietnamese President's US State Visit
1956
Vietnam's Constitution is published
1955
First US advisors sent by President Eisenhower to South Vietnam
1954
French Troops' Departure from Vietnam
Geneva Accords end First Indochina War
1950
Independence of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia in French Union
Truman provides military aid to Bảo Đại regime
Military Operations against Viet Minh
1946
French Navy Fire in Haiphong Vietnam Ignites Nationalist Resistance
Historic General Election in Vietnam
1945
Vietnam Independence Declared