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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. Involvement in Vietnam Escalates
U.S. involvement in Vietnam escalates in 1960, with troop levels gradually surging from just under 1,000 in 1959 to more than 16,000 in 1963.
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.
