Tag: Vietnam War

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9th July 1971: Henry Kissinger makes a secret diplomatic trip to China

• 9th July 2026
• Tagged as: Capitalism, China, Cold War, Communism, Diplomacy, International Relations, Kissinger, Nixon, Secret, USA, Vietnam War

Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon’s National Security Advisor, made a secret trip to China to meet with Premier Zhou Enlai.

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16th March 1968: My Lai Massacre committed by US soldiers from Company C of the Americal Division’s 11th Infantry Brigade

• 16th March 2026
• Tagged as: America, Murder, My Lai Massacre, United States, USA, Vietnam, Vietnam War

Commanded by Lieutenant William Calley, the troops killed between 347 and 504 unarmed civilians in hamlets around the South Vietnamese village of Son My.

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2nd March 1965: The United States begins Operation Rolling Thunder alongside the Republic of Vietnam Air Force

• 2nd March 2026
• Tagged as: Air Strike, Aircraft, America, Bombing, Johnson, Operation Rolling Thunder, United States, USA, Viet Cong, Vietnam, Vietnam War, Vietnamese War

Operation Rolling Thunder lasted for three and a half years and saw hundreds of thousands of tons of bombs dropped on North Vietnam.

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27th January 1973: Paris Peace Accords end direct United States military involvement in the Vietnam War

• 27th January 2026
• Tagged as: America, Kissinger, Nixon, Paris Peace Accords, United States, USA, Viet Cong, Vietnam, Vietnam War, Vietnamese War

The final agreement signed on 27 January 1973 called for an immediate ceasefire, the withdrawal of all US combat forces within sixty days, and the return of American prisoners of war.

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15th November 1969: 500,000 people march on Washington in the Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam

• 15th November 2025
• Tagged as: March, Moratorium to end the war in Vietnam, Nixon, Protest, Vietnam, Vietnam War, Washington DC

Over 500,000 protesters marched on Washington D.C. as part of the national Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam.

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10th August 1961: United States begins Operation Ranch Hand to destroy trees and crops during the Vietnam War

• 10th August 2025
• Tagged as: Agent Orange, Aircraft, America, Chemical warfare, Chemistry, Operation Ranch Hand, United States, USA, Vietnam, Vietnam War

Operation Ranch Hand was part of a strategy by the U.S. to counter the guerrilla tactics of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces by targeting agricultural areas and forest cover with chemicals such as Agent Orange.

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7th August 1964: The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed by the United States Congress

• 7th August 2025
• Tagged as: Cold War, Communism, Congress, Gulf of Tonkin, Johnson, Resolution, United States, USA, Vietnam, Vietnam War, War

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution granted powers to President Johnson to use American military force to assist countries in Southeast Asia that were facing so-called ‘communist aggression’.

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28th April 1967: Muhammad Ali, the reigning world heavyweight boxing champion, refuses induction into the United States Army

• 28th April 2025
• Tagged as: America, Boxing, Cassius Cl.ay, Draft, Muhammad Ali, Sport, United States, USA, Vietnam War

Ali’s refusal to be inducted led to him being stripped of his boxing titles and later convicted of draft evasion for which he was sentenced to five years in prison, a $10,000 fine, and a ban from boxing. He remained free on bail while the case was under appeal.

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29th March 1973: The last regular American troops withdraw from South Vietnam

• 29th March 2025
• Tagged as: America, Military, United States, USA, Vietnam, Vietnam War, War

The withdrawal of the last regular American troops from South Vietnam ended eight years of direct US military involvement in Vietnam.

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25th March 1969: John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin their first “Bed-In for Peace” at the Hilton Hotel in Amsterdam

• 25th March 2025
• Tagged as: Amsterdam, Beatles, Bed-In, Bed-In For Peace, John Lennon, Protest, The Beatles, Vietnam War, Yoko Ono

For a week, Lennon and Ono remained in bed, dressed in white pyjamas, while allowing journalists and photographers into their room to spread their anti-war message.