This website provides an overview of the Vietnam War. You will find information about Agent Orange, Operation Rolling Thunder, and the Students for a Democratic Society and their protests. Agent Orange discusses the impact the weapon had on Vietnam and important details on it. Operation Rolling Thunder addresses the aerial bombardment the U.S. ordered onto North Vietnam. Students for a Democratic Society covers the culture shift that the war had on the U.S. people, and how they reacted to it.

Timeline:

1945 – Vietnam gains independence after Ho Chi Minh declares it

1950 – U.S. enforces aid to help the French’s military

1954 – Geneva Accords

1956 – French leave Vietnam

1960 – JFK elected

1963 – JFK assassinated, Johnson becomes president

1965 – First U.S. troops arrive on Vietnam soil

1968 – Tet Offensive, Nixon elected

1969 – Nixon announces Vietnamization

1973 – U.S. troops exit Vietnam, military draft cancelled

1974 – Ford becomes president

1975 – Last of U.S. troops finally leave Vietnam, ending war