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| Arc Light Nixon, Richard Mulhouse |  |
| 30th Mar JCS increase the monthly sortie rate to 1,800 |
| April The monthly sortie rate is increased to 2,500 |
| Bombing of Haiphong Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 21st April Haiphong Haiphong is bombed |
| 23rd April Haiphong Haiphong is bombed |
| 8th May Haiphong 2,000 pound mines are dropped in Haiphong harbour |
| 15th Dec Haiphong Nixon orders a 3 day bombing offensive against Hanoi-Haiphong, Operation Linebacker II |
| Bombing of Hanoi Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 16th April Hanoi USAbombers attack Hanoi, 1st raid on a Nth Vietnamese city by the USAsince 1968 |
| 19th April Hanoi Senate debates the bombing of Hanoi & refuses to support Nixon's policy in Vietnam |
| 15th Dec Hanoi Nixon orders a 3 day bombing offensive against Hanoi-Haiphong, Operation Linebacker II |
| Bombing of Vietnam Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| April Bombers are ordered nth for the 1st time since 1968 |
| Oct Nixon halts bombing nth of the 20th Parallel in anticipation of a truce |
| Broadcast Kissinger Kissinger, Henry Alfred | |
| Kissinger TV press conference Oct. 26 - "peace is at hand" |
| Campaign Nguyen Hue Giap, Vo Nguyen |  |
| Giap leads the Nguyen Hue Campaign, intended as the decisive invasion of the war |
| 30th Mar Begins when 3 PAVN Divs strike the DMZ along Highway 9 out of Laos |
| 3rd April Loc Ninh Giap captures Loc Ninh |
| Campaign Nguyen Hue Thieu, Nguyen van | |
| Giap leads the Nguyen Hue Campaign, intended as the decisive invasion of the war |
| Capture of Loc Ninh Giap, Vo Nguyen | |
| 3rd April Loc Ninh Giap captures Loc Ninh |
| Commander ARVN Truong, Ngo Quang | |
| Appointed Commander of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam |
| Conference of Paris Kissinger, Henry Alfred | |
| Paris Negotiates the Paris Peace Settlement with Le Duc Tho |
| Conference of Paris Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| July Paris The Paris Peace talks resume |
| 13th Dec Paris The Nth Vietnamese walk out of the Paris peace conference |
| 28th Dec Hanoi agrees to Nixon's conditions for reopening peace negotiations |
| Conference of Paris Thieu, Nguyen van | |
| July Paris The Paris Peace talks resume |
| Conference of TV Kissinger, Henry Alfred | |
| Kissinger TV press conference Oct. 26 - "peace is at hand" |
| Constant Guard Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| Mar Washington Launches an offensive against growing North Vietnamese activity |
| Diplomacy Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 20th Feb Beijing Meets Mao & Zhou En-Lai bringing the period of USAhostilities toward China to an end |
| 22nd May Washington Arrives in Moscow for talks with Party Secretary Brezhnev |
| Dismissal Hoang, Xuan Lam | |
| Dismissed as the Commander of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam |
| Easter Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| Hanoi Nixon retaliates with the heaviest bombardments of the War & mines the North's harbors |
| 30th Mar Hanoi Hanoi refuses concessions & launches the Easter Offensive |
| Invasion of Cambodia Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 30th April Announces USA& Sth Vietnamese forces have attacked Communist sanctuaries in Cambodia |
| Invasion of Vietnam 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 |
| Invasion of Vietnam Thieu, Nguyen van | |
| 13th Jan Nixon announces an additional 72,000 troops wil leave Vietnam |
| Light Arc Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| June The monthly sortie rate is increased to 3,150 |
| Linebacker II Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| Dec Haiphong Orders B52s to bomb Hanoi & Haiphong |
| Dec Hanoi Orders B52s to bomb Hanoi & Haiphong |
| 15th Dec Hanoi Orders a 3 day bombing offensive against the Hanoi-Haiphong, Operation Linebacker II |
| 26th Dec Hanoi 26-30 December, massive air bombing of military installations in North Vietnam |
| 28th Dec Hanoi agrees to Nixon's conditions for reopening peace negotiations |
| 29th Dec 20th Parallel Operations nth of the 20th Parallel cease, 729 sorties have ben flown & 15 planes lost |
| Linebacker II Thieu, Nguyen van | |
| 17th Dec "Christmas bombing" Dec. 17-30 - most intense bombing campaign of the war |
| Linebacker I Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 8th May 1st day of Operation Linebacker I, bombing nth Vietnam |
| 23rd Oct Nixon orders bombing to be halted north of 20 degrees latitude |
| Mining Dong Hoi Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 8th May Dong Hoi Nixon orders the mining of Dong Hoi |
| Mining Hai Phong Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 8th May Hai Phong Nixon orders the mining of Hai Phong |
| Mining North Vietnam Ports Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 8th May Orders the mining of major nth Vietnamese ports |
| Negotiations Peace Kissinger, Henry Alfred | |
| Paris Negotiates the Paris Peace Settlement with Le Duc Tho |
| Kissinger TV press conference Oct. 26 - "peace is at hand" |
| 25th Jan Washington Nixon announce Kissinger has been secretly negotiating for peace in Paris |
| 26th Oct Kissinger claims "peace was at hand" |
| 26th Oct Kissinger flies to Saigon to secure President Thieu's signature to a peace agreement |
| Negotiations Peace Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 25th Jan Washington Nixon announce Kissinger has been secretly negotiating for peace in Paris |
| Offensive Easter Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| Giap leads the Nguyen Hue Campaign, intended as the decisive invasion of the war |
| The USA only has 65,000 troops in Vietnam to contain the Viet Cong offensive |
| Offensive Easter Thieu, Nguyen van | |
| Giap leads the Nguyen Hue Campaign, intended as the decisive invasion of the war |
| Peace Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 25th Jan Washington The 8 point peace proposal to nth Vietnam is made public |
| 12th Nov Washington Announces USAtroop reduction to 45,000 in Vietnam |
| Peace Thieu, Nguyen van | |
| 14th Dec Nixon ultimatum to NV to resume negotiations or "suffer the consequences" |
| Publication of Pentagon Papers Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 30th June The New York Times & Washington Post can resume publication of the Pentagon Papers |
| Watergate Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 17th June Watergate Watergate begins after 5 men are arrested burgling the Democratic Party's national HQ |
