Vietnam War (American phase)
1965–1975 · Event
US escalates and ultimately fails to prevent Communist victory; 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)
Around 1965
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- Six-Day War (1967)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Prague Spring (1968)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Suez Crisis (1956)
- The Beatles (1960)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)