Vietnam War Dates

Question 1

Vietnam Declares its Independence

Answer 1

1945

Question 2

French Indochina War

Answer 2

1946-1954

Question 3

Battle of Dien Bien Phu

Answer 3

March 13-May 7 1954

Question 4

Geneva Accords

Answer 4

July 20 1954

Question 5

August 2nd 1964

August 4th 1964

Answer 5

USS Maddox attacked by North Vietnamese Gunboats

USS Turner Joy rumored to be attacked, and USA used it as valid reason to join war

Question 6

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Answer 6

August 7 1964

Question 8

Tet Offensive

Answer 8

January 31 1968

Question 9

Battle of Hue

Answer 9

February 1968

Question 10

My Lai Massacre

Answer 10

March 16 1968

Question 11

Paris Peace Negotiations Begin

Answer 11

May 10 1968

Question 12

Vietnamization Begins and Secret Bombings in Cambodia

Answer 12

1969

Question 13

Kent State Shootings

Answer 13

May 4 1970

Question 14

The Pentagon Papers Publishing

Answer 14

1971

Question 15

Secret Peace Talks Revealed
Kissinger states “Peace is at Hand”
Christmas Bombings

Answer 15

1972
March 30-Oct 22
Dec 18-29

Question 16

Paris Peace Accords put into effect

Troops taken out of Vietnam

Answer 16

January 28 1973

1973

Question 17

North Vietnam sweeps through South Vietnam, takes the capitol, and thus the Vietnam War ends

Answer 17

April 30 1975

Question 18

Operation Rolling Thunder(air raids)

Answer 18

1965

Question 19

American Troops first land in Vietnam

Answer 19

March 8 1965