Communism timeline
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Battle of Snuol Begins
The Battle of Snuol was a major battle of the Vietnam War, conducted by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam as part of Operation Toàn Thắng TT02.... Read more
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Operation Dewey Canyon II
Any offensive planning by the U.S. was, however, limited by the passage on 29 December 1970 of the Cooper-Church Amendment, which prohibited U.S.... Read more
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Operation Lam Son 719 Begins
The operation was conceived in doubt and assailed by skepticism, preceded in confusion. Read more
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2nd Lieutenant William L. Calley Becomes Sole Conviction in My Lai Massacre
On November 17, 1970, the United States Army charged 14 officers, including Major General Samuel W. Koster, the Americal Division's commanding... Read more
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Battle of Long Khanh
The Battle of Long Khanh was fought during the Vietnam War on 6–7 June 1971 between the elements of 1st Australian Task Force and the Viet Cong and... Read more
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First Battle of Quang Tri Begins
The First Battle of Quảng Trị resulted in the first major victory for the North Vietnamese Army during the Nguyen Hue Offensive of 1972. The... Read more
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Easter Offensive, Officially Known as the Nguyen Hue Offensive, Begins
The Easter Offensive, officially, the Nguyen Hue Offensive and also (Chiến dịch Xuân hè 1972 in Vietnamese) was a military campaign conducted by... Read more
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Battle of Loc Ninh
The Battle of Loc Ninh was a major battle fought during the North Vietnamese Easter Offensive and lasted from 4–7 April 1972. Loc Ninh was a small... Read more
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Battle of An Loc
The initial wave of the offensive was followed on 5 April by a PAVN advance out of Cambodia into Binh Long Province, northeast of Saigon. Its... Read more
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Battle of Kontum
The objective PAVN forces during the third phase of the Nguyen Hue Offensive was to seize the cities of Kontum and Pleiku, thereby overrunning the... Read more
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Operation Linebacker
Operation Linebacker was the title of a U.S. Seventh Air Force and U.S. Navy Task Force 77 aerial interdiction campaign conducted against the... Read more
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Thanh Hoa Bridge is Destroyed by A-7 Corsair Bombings
The Thanh Hoa Bridge, spanning the Song Ma river, is situated 3 miles (4.8 km) north east of Thanh Hóa, the capital of Thanh Hoa Province in... Read more
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Top-Secret Navy SEAL POW Rescue Mission, Operation Thunderbird, is Called Off After Failing to Succeed
Operation Thunderhead was a highly classified combat mission conducted by U.S. Navy SEAL Team One and Underwater Demolition Team (UDT)-11 in 1972.... Read more
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Second Battle of Quang Tri Begins
The Second Battle of Quang Tri (Vietnamese: Thành cổ Quảng Trị) began on June 28 and lasted 81 days until September 16, 1972, when the Army of the... Read more
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Operation Linebacker II
Operation Linebacker II was a U.S. Seventh Air Force and U.S. Navy Task Force 77 aerial bombardment campaign, conducted against targets in North... Read more
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United States Negotiates Release of POW's from North Vietnam through Operation Homecoming
Operation Homecoming was a series of diplomatic negotiations that in January 1973 made possible the return of 591 American prisoners of war held by... Read more
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First "Hanoi Taxi" Flight to Retrieve American POW's through Operation Homecoming
Hanoi Taxi is a Lockheed C-141 Starlifter strategic airlift aircraft (serial number 66-0177) that was in service with the United States Air Force... Read more
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Battle of Phuoc Long Begins
The Battle of Phuoc Long took place in Phuoc Long Province, about 100km from South Vietnam's capital, Saigon, at present day Phuoc Binh. The... Read more
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Beginning of Mass Evacuation of Children from South Vietnam, Codenamed Operation Babylift
Operation Babylift was the name given to the mass evacuation of children from South Vietnam to the United States and other countries (including... Read more
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Battle of Xuan Loc (Last Stand at Xuan Loc)
The Battle of Xuân Lộc also known as "the last stand at Xuân Lộc", was the last major battle of the Vietnam War that took place in Xuân Lộc, Đồng... Read more
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Operation Frequent Wind
Operation Frequent Wind was the emergency evacuation by helicopter from Saigon, South Vietnam, in April 1975 during the last days of the Vietnam... Read more
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Fall of Saigon
The Fall of Saigon was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the North Vietnamese army on April 30, 1975. The event marked the... Read more
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The Saur Revolution: The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan Siezes Power
The Saur Revolution is the name given to the Communist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan takeover of political power in Afghanistan on 27... Read more
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Ronald Reagan Calls the Soviet Union an "Evil Empire"
Reagan escalated the Cold War, accelerating a reversal from the policy of détente which began in 1979 following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.... Read more
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Berlin Wall Falls
On August 23, 1989, Hungary removed its physical border defences with Austria, and in September more than 13,000 East German tourists in Hungary... Read more