Digital Artifact Project - Century of War
Vietnam war
(1961-August 15,1973)
- US involvement escalated in early 1960's.
- Troop levels grew larger following Gulf of Tonkin incident, which led to Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
- War peaked in 1968 when Communist Vietnam launched Tet Offensive.
- Tet Offensive failed in its attempted overthrow of the South Vietnamese government.
- Was turning point of the war. Turned US population against the war.
- "Vietnamization" aimed to transfer fighting tasks to South Vietnamese forces.
- Paris Peace Accord was signed by all parties in 1973. Ended US involvement in the war.