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Vietnamization was Nixon's plan to remove US troops from Vietnam. It consisted of training and transitioning South Vietnamese troops to assume the roles that have been fulfilled by American troops.The main reason behind Vietnamization was Nixon’s desire to save face as public opinion of the Vietnam war and himself plummeted in the late 60’s.

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1973, Vietnam War Ends Officially for US

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1973, Vietnam War Ends Officially for US

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The last US soldier left Vietnam in 1973, marking the end of US military involvement in Indochina but some advisors and Marines do remain. Over 3 million Americans served in the war, leaving 60,000 dead and 150,000 wounded. Two years after the war officially ends North Vietnam invades and captures Saigon and marks the true end of the Vietnam War.

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The Tet Offensive was the largest military campaign in the war and it was carried out by the Viet Cong and People's Army of Vietnam. It consisted of many surprise attacks in South Vietnam at key military and civilian command and control centers. It was on the Tet holiday, one of the largest holidays in Vietnam, and occurred during a cease-fire. The US public was shocked by this attack as they had been led to believe the North Vietnamese was losing and didn't have the strength for this sort of attack. It is considered the turning point in the war because the US had almost no public support of the war back home.

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It was a conference in Geneva, Switzerland that was meant to settle outstanding issues resulting from the Korean War and discuss the possibility of restoring peace in Indochina. Representatives from the United States, the Soviet Union, the People’s Republic of China, France, and Great Britain came together in April 1954 to try to resolve these problems. The main concern was how to resolve the long conflict between the French and the Vietnamese after their long control over the country and the bloody rebellion.

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Operation Rolling Thunder was a gradual aerial bombardment campaign against the North Vietnamese that started in 1965 and lasted until 1968. The goals of the campaign were to boost Southern Vietnamese morale, destroy industry and transport systems of the North Vietnamese, and to halt the flow of men and material into North Vietnam. It also aimed to destroy their air defenses. It resulted in a strategic US failure.

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This was a response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident, in which a US ship was shot at by Vietnamese ships in international waters. This gave US President Lyndon Johnson authorization for the use of conventional military force without a formal declaration of war from Congress. The resolution authorized the President to do whatever necessary in order to assist "any member or protocol state of the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty". This led to the rapid escalation of US military involvement in the war.

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In protest of the Vietnam War and South Vietnams strict discriminatory policies/religious intolerance Thich Quang Duc sets himself on fire. South Vietnams president Ngo Dinh Diem was Roman Catholic, a minority religion, and he was very discriminatory towards Buddhists. Madame Nhu, Ngo Dinh Diems sister in law said, "she would clap hands at seeing another monk barbecue show." This only increased dislike of Ngo Dinh Diem, and was the beginning of his downfall.

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French surrender and Vietnamese rebellion forces take over the French position after a 55 day battle. Three thousand French troops were killed, 8,000 wounded. The Viet Minh suffered much worse, with 8,000 dead and 12,000 wounded. Although they suffered worse the French gave up after this defeat as it had shattered all of their resolve left to keep Vietnam.