Vietnam War (American phase)
1965–1975 · Event
The US escalates from 1965; American combat forces withdraw in 1973 after the Paris Peace Accords, and the war ends with the fall of Saigon in 1975. Deeply shapes American politics.
On these timelines: The Vietnam War, Southeast Asia, Master, Cold War, USA
More from The Vietnam War
- Assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem (1963)
- North Vietnam's final offensive (1975)
- The Ho Chi Minh trail (1959)
- US ground war begins at Da Nang (1965)
- Cronkite calls the war a stalemate (1968)
- Operation Ranch Hand sprays Agent Orange (1962)
- Kissinger and Le Duc Tho awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (1973)
Around 1965
- Prague Spring (1968)
- The Troubles (1968)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Suez Crisis (1956)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- The Beatles (1960)
- Birth of hip-hop (1973)