Vietnam War Timeline by KITTY KAT https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz By: Katie Pickel en-us 2020-05-11 18:02:33 UTC 2025-11-23 05:13:00 UTC hello@padlet.com November 1st, 1955 (Vietnam War starts) katiepickel825 https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/565983910 - Vietnam split into two (north and south)
-we were allies with the south and were fighting the north
-the fight was about communism ]]> 2020-05-11 20:20:46 UTC https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/565983910 katiepickel825 https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/566095197 2020-05-11 21:21:48 UTC https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/566095197 November 2nd, 1963 katiepickel825 https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/566100590 -Ngo Dinh Diem is assassinated by his own generals as part of a coup d'etat that is carried out with the tacit support of U.S. officials. 
-16,000 personnel
-200 killed ]]> 2020-05-11 21:25:37 UTC https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/566100590 katiepickel825 https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/566106808 2020-05-11 21:29:33 UTC https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/566106808 August 5th, 1964 katiepickel825 https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/566107297 -torpedo boat attack
-23,000 troops 
-400 killed ]]> 2020-05-11 21:29:52 UTC https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/566107297 katiepickel825 https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/566124002 2020-05-11 21:41:03 UTC https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/566124002 March 1st, 1966 katiepickel825 https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/566128955 -PROVN established 
-185,000 troops
-2,700 killed ]]> 2020-05-11 21:44:23 UTC https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/566128955 January 30, 1968 katiepickel825 https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/566148967 -North Vietnamese and viet cong forces begin an offensive 
-485,000 troops
-20,000 killed ]]> 2020-05-11 21:58:56 UTC https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/566148967 katiepickel825 https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/566184509 2020-05-11 22:26:52 UTC https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/566184509 March 16, 1968 katiepickel825 https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/566187778 -As many as 500 unarmed villagers are killed by U.S. Army troops in the hamlet of My Lai. 
-including women, men, and children
-Lieut. William Calley, will be found guilty of any crime in connection with My Lai. ]]> 2020-05-11 22:29:43 UTC https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/566187778 katiepickel825 https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/566200169 2020-05-11 22:39:33 UTC https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/566200169 November 16, 1969 katiepickel825 https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/566201537 -Millions of people across the United States take to the streets to protest the continued U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
-largest anti-war protest 
-about anti-war ]]> 2020-05-11 22:40:18 UTC https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/566201537 katiepickel825 https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/566204071 2020-05-11 22:42:26 UTC https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/566204071 May 4, 1970 katiepickel825 https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/566204473 -Members of the Ohio National Guard open fire on unarmed students at Kent university, killing four and wounding nine.
-335,000 troops
-50,000 killed ]]> 2020-05-11 22:42:48 UTC https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/566204473 katiepickel825 https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/566208227 2020-05-11 22:46:11 UTC https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/566208227 January 27, 1973 katiepickel825 https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/566211384 -Representatives of South Vietnamese communist forces, North Vietnam, South Vietnam, and the United States conclude the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Viet-Nam in Paris. 
-U.S. troops are to be withdrawn within 60 days and the 17th parallel will remain the dividing line until the country can be reunited by “peaceful means.”]]> 2020-05-11 22:48:06 UTC https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/566211384 katiepickel825 https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/566214245 2020-05-11 22:50:41 UTC https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/566214245 April 29, 1975 katiepickel825 https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/566215541  -Over the next 24 hours, some 7,000 Americans and South Vietnamese are flown to safety.
-The following morning, North Vietnamese troops enter downtown Saigon and the South Vietnamese government surrenders unconditionally.]]> 2020-05-11 22:51:54 UTC https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/566215541 katiepickel825 https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/566219689 2020-05-11 22:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/katiepickel825/oanlre6oywhs4ciz/wish/566219689