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| Alliance Lon, Mol |  |
| Attacks on nth Vietnamese sanctuaries bring Cambodia into the war with sth Vietnam |
| Mar Leads to civil war in Cambodia & USAbombing of Khmer Rouges strongholds |
| Battle of Fishhook Nixon, Richard Mulhouse |  |
| 1st May 32,000 troops from the 1st Cavalry Division, the 25th Infantry Division, and the 11th Armored Cavalry attacked enemy forces, command facilities, and logistical depots in the Fishhook |
| Battle of Fishook Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 1st May Fishhook The two-month long operation as a militarily success, it in sets back North Vietnam's plans to invade South Vietnam by two years and thus gains valuable time for Vietnamization |
| Battle of Parrot's Beak Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 30th April Fishhook 32,000 U.S. troops attack the Fishhook and Parrot's Beak for 2 months |
| Ceasefire Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 8th Oct Washington Says standstill ceasefire depends on "mutual withdrawal", unacceptable to the Vietcong |
| Conference of Paris Kissinger, Henry Alfred | |
| 21st Feb Paris Meets Le Duc Tho at the Paris Conference but their discussions do not yeild results |
| 21st Feb Paris Tho asks for a South Vietnanamese Government with Vietcong representatio |
| Coup d'Etat Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 8th Mar Lon Nol demands that Communist forces leave Cambodia and closes the port of Sihanoukville to supplies destined for Communist forces in the border bases and in South Vietnam |
| 8th Mar Results in the neutralist Prince Norodom Sihanouk's replacement by by his pro-Western Defense Minister, General Lon Nol |
| 18th Mar The neutralist Sihanouk is replaced by pro-USALon Nol |
| Defeat Nth Vietnam Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 30th June River Mekong USAtroops leave Cambodia after defeating Nth Vietnam in the Mekong River Delta |
| Demonstrations Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 1st May Kent State University antiwar protests turn violent when the Reserve Officers' Training Corps building is torched &, Governor of Ohio, James Rhodes , dispatches the National Guard to Kent State |
| 1st May President Nixon calls anti-war students "bums blowing up campuses" |
| 4th May Kentate University At Kent State University in Ohio, National Guardsmen shoot and kill four student protesters and wound nine & in response to the killings, over 400 colleges and universities across America shut down |
| 4th May Kentate University Nixon announces a USAand South Vietnamese "Incursion" into Cambodia, triggering a protests across campuses in the USA culminating on 4 May with the death of 4 students at Kent State University |
| 4th May Ohio National Guardsmen kill 4 students at Kent State University in Ohio |
| 4th May 100,000 protesters surround Government buildings including the White House and historical monuments, Nixon exits the White House to visit to the Lincoln Memorial and chats with young protesters |
| 9th May Nixon visits the Lincoln Memorial demonstration |
| Diplomacy Sihanouk | |
| 18th Mar Moscow In Moscow asks Russia to press North Vietnam to remove troops from Cambodia |
| 18th Mar Phnom Penh The Cambodian National Assembly votes to depose Sihanouk by 92 votes to 0 |
| 22nd Mar Peking Fights communists until "victory or death" against "stooges of American imperialism" |
| Head University Commission Scranton Scranton, William | |
| Appointedd of a University Commission |
| Invasion of Cambodia Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 26th April Nixon decides to invade Cambodia |
| 30th April 32,000 U.S. troops attack the Fishhook and Parrot's Beak for 2 months |
| 30th April American & South Vietnam forces invade Cambodia to clear out the Communist sanctuaries |
| 30th April Authorizes groundin "incursions" into Cambodia |
| 1st May Fishhook 32,000 troops from the 1st Cavalry Division, the 25th Infantry Division, and the 11th Armored Cavalry attacked enemy forces, command facilities, and logistical depots in the Fishhook |
| 30th June Cooper-Church amendment to limit USAtroops in Laos and Cambodia passed Senate 58-37 |
| Invasion of Japan Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 30th June Sihanouk The USAwithdraws from Vietnam after saving Nol's government |
| Invasion of Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 30th June Cooper-Church amendment to limit USAtroops in Laos and Cambodia passed Senate 58-37 |
| Invasion of Vietnam Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 20th April In a televised speech, President Nixon announces the withdrawal of 150,000 Americans from Vietnam within a year |
| Massacre My Lai Calley, Jnr, William | |
| 12th Nov My Lai Goes on trial for his part played in the My Lai massacre |
| Negotiations Peace Kissinger, Henry Alfred | |
| June Paris Le Duc Tho & Kissinger meet in Paris for 3rd round of talks |
| Negotiations Peace Duc Tho, Le |  |
| Paris Le Duc Tho replaces Xuan Thuy in Paris for the 2nd round of talks Feb-Apr |
| June Paris Le Duc Tho & Kissinger meet in Paris for 3rd round of talks |
| Peace Kissinger, Henry Alfred | |
| An international conference reaches a settlement |
| Nixon & Kissinger support a cease-fire |
| 20th Feb Paris Begins secret talks in Paris with Le Duc Tho |
| Peace Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 20th April Washington Announces the withdrawal of 60,000 troops in 1970 & 90,000 in 1971 |
| 7th Oct Washington Cease-fire proposals are rejected by North Vietnam |
| 7th Oct Washington Proposes "standstill cease-fire" on TV as part of five point peace plan for Indochina |
| 7th Oct Washington The standstill cease-fire is supported by McGovern, Hatfield & the press |
| 8th Oct Washington Says standstill ceasefire depends on "mutual withdrawal", unacceptable to the Vietcong |
| Rebellion Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| Washington Reports that campuses might explode threatening "the survival of the nation" |
| Reform of Black GIs Goodell, Charles | |
| 25th Sep Proposes Legislation to bring back all GIs by the end of the year |
| Siege of Siagon Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 6th May Saigon In Saigon over the past week, 450 civilians are killed during Viet Cong terrorist raids throughout the city, the highest weekly death toll to date |
| Siege of Sontay Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 21st Nov Sontay The USAraid Sontay in North Vietnam to free prisoners of war |
| Trial of Calley, Jnr Calley, Jnr, William | |
| 12th Nov My Lai Goes on trial for his part played in the My Lai massacre |
| University Commission Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| Washington Founds a Commission to assess unrest in Universities & Colleges |
