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Support for the Vietnam War Declines
South Vietnamese forces are unable to withstand the Tet Offensive launched by the North Vietnamese in January and February of 1968, and U.S. forces have to defeat the North Vietnamese. The episode shows that the end of U.S. involvement is …
Fall of Saigon
Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, is captured, ending the Vietnam War.
U.S. Troops Withdraw from Vietnam
The U.S. ends direct military involvement in Vietnam, but the war does not end for another two years.
The Gulf of Tonkin
A U.S. destroyer allegedly clashes with a North Vietnamese fast-attack craft. In response, the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gives President Lyndon B. Johnson broad authorization to increase U.S. military presence in Vietnam, deploying ground …
Vietnam War
The undeclared war in Vietnam begins in 1955, lasting for 19 years.
