THE VIETNAM CONFLICT
1. 1961
-------- Demonstrations against Vietnam War increase; Tet Offensive; Johnson decides not to seek second term; Richard Nixon elected president Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Paris Peace Accords Kennedy increases military aid to South Vietnam Pentagon Papers publishedPresident Kennedy assassinated; Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president North Vietnam takes over South Vietnam, ending the war Operation Rolling Thunder begins; First combat troops to Vietnam Nixon orders invasion of Cambodia
2. 1963
-------- Demonstrations against Vietnam War increase; Tet Offensive; Johnson decides not to seek second term; Richard Nixon elected president Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Paris Peace Accords Kennedy increases military aid to South Vietnam Pentagon Papers publishedPresident Kennedy assassinated; Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president North Vietnam takes over South Vietnam, ending the war Operation Rolling Thunder begins; First combat troops to Vietnam Nixon orders invasion of Cambodia
3. 1964
-------- Demonstrations against Vietnam War increase; Tet Offensive; Johnson decides not to seek second term; Richard Nixon elected president Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Paris Peace Accords Kennedy increases military aid to South Vietnam Pentagon Papers publishedPresident Kennedy assassinated; Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president North Vietnam takes over South Vietnam, ending the war Operation Rolling Thunder begins; First combat troops to Vietnam Nixon orders invasion of Cambodia
4. 1965
-------- Demonstrations against Vietnam War increase; Tet Offensive; Johnson decides not to seek second term; Richard Nixon elected president Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Paris Peace Accords Kennedy increases military aid to South Vietnam Pentagon Papers publishedPresident Kennedy assassinated; Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president North Vietnam takes over South Vietnam, ending the war Operation Rolling Thunder begins; First combat troops to Vietnam Nixon orders invasion of Cambodia
5. 1968
-------- Demonstrations against Vietnam War increase; Tet Offensive; Johnson decides not to seek second term; Richard Nixon elected president Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Paris Peace Accords Kennedy increases military aid to South Vietnam Pentagon Papers publishedPresident Kennedy assassinated; Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president North Vietnam takes over South Vietnam, ending the war Operation Rolling Thunder begins; First combat troops to Vietnam Nixon orders invasion of Cambodia
6. 1970
-------- Demonstrations against Vietnam War increase; Tet Offensive; Johnson decides not to seek second term; Richard Nixon elected president Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Paris Peace Accords Kennedy increases military aid to South Vietnam Pentagon Papers publishedPresident Kennedy assassinated; Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president North Vietnam takes over South Vietnam, ending the war Operation Rolling Thunder begins; First combat troops to Vietnam Nixon orders invasion of Cambodia
7. 1971
-------- Demonstrations against Vietnam War increase; Tet Offensive; Johnson decides not to seek second term; Richard Nixon elected president Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Paris Peace Accords Kennedy increases military aid to South Vietnam Pentagon Papers publishedPresident Kennedy assassinated; Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president North Vietnam takes over South Vietnam, ending the war Operation Rolling Thunder begins; First combat troops to Vietnam Nixon orders invasion of Cambodia
8. 1973
-------- Demonstrations against Vietnam War increase; Tet Offensive; Johnson decides not to seek second term; Richard Nixon elected president Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Paris Peace Accords Kennedy increases military aid to South Vietnam Pentagon Papers publishedPresident Kennedy assassinated; Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president North Vietnam takes over South Vietnam, ending the war Operation Rolling Thunder begins; First combat troops to Vietnam Nixon orders invasion of Cambodia
9. 1975
-------- Demonstrations against Vietnam War increase; Tet Offensive; Johnson decides not to seek second term; Richard Nixon elected president Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Paris Peace Accords Kennedy increases military aid to South Vietnam Pentagon Papers publishedPresident Kennedy assassinated; Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president North Vietnam takes over South Vietnam, ending the war Operation Rolling Thunder begins; First combat troops to Vietnam Nixon orders invasion of Cambodia