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Vietnam War, 1st
Vietnam War, 2nd
Vietnam War, 2nd
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Eisenhower, Dwight David
Ford, Gerald
Helms, Richard
Johnson, Lyndon Baines
McNamara, Robert
Nixon, Richard Mulhouse
Thieu, Nguyen van
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Dien Bien Phu
Washington
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Invasion of Vietnam
History of USA
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| | 1954 | Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| 7th May Dien Bien Phu Dien Bien Phu falls to the Communists |
| 7th May Dien Bien Phu The USAbegins to prepare for limited military intervention |
| 1966 | McNamara, Robert | |
| 18th Jan Receives news the Nth Vietnamese will infiltrate 4,500 men a month into Sth Vietnam |
| 1967 | Helms, Richard | |
| 12th Sep In a secret memo to Johnson states USAstatus would not be too damaged by withdrawal |
| 1967 | Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 13th June Turns down the Joint Chiefs of Staff's request for more troops |
| 1969 | Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 14th May Proposes withdrawal from Sth Vietnam of American & Nth Vietnamese forces on TV |
| 8th June 25,000 troops are withdrawn |
| 1970 | Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 20th April In a televised speech, President Nixon announces the withdrawal of 150,000 Americans from Vietnam within a year |
| 1971 | Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 7th April Nixon announces the withdrawal of a further 100,000 troops |
| 12th Nov Nixon proclaims the end of any offensive role in Vietnam |
| 12th Nov Sets Feb 1, 1972 as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops |
| 1972 | Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| Despite Nixon's threats he withdraws USAtroops, by June 1972 47,000 are left |
| USAtroops in Vietnam fall from 542,000 in Jan 1969 to 45,600 by July 1972 |
| 13th Jan Nixon announces an additional 72,000 troops wil leave Vietnam |
| 30th Mar JCS increase the monthly sortie rate to 1,800 |
| 30th Mar The Viet Cong strike Quang Tri province, Kontum-Pleiku & Binh Long province |
| 1972 | Thieu, Nguyen van |  |
| 13th Jan Nixon announces an additional 72,000 troops wil leave Vietnam |
| 1975 | Ford, Gerald | |
| 23rd April Washington Speaking in New Orleans says that the war is "finished" |
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