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| 1965 | Head of State |  |
| 18th June Saigon Appointed Head of State of Vietnam |
| 1967 | President | |
| Appointed President of Sth Vietnam |
| 1969 | Peace | |
| 8th June Midway Meets President Nixon on Midway Island & agrees to his peace proposals |
| 1971 | Lam Son | |
| 8th Feb Launched to block the Viet Cong supply lines & prevent an invasion |
| 1972 | Campaign Nguyen Hue | |
| Giap leads the Nguyen Hue Campaign, intended as the decisive invasion of the war |
| 1972 | Conference of Paris | |
| July Paris The Paris Peace talks resume |
| 1972 | Invasion of Vietnam USA | |
| 13th Jan Nixon announces an additional 72,000 troops wil leave Vietnam |
| 1972 | Linebacker II | |
| 17th Dec "Christmas bombing" Dec. 17-30 - most intense bombing campaign of the war |
| 1972 | Offensive | |
| Giap leads the Nguyen Hue Campaign, intended as the decisive invasion of the war |
| 1972 | Peace | |
| 14th Dec Nixon ultimatum to NV to resume negotiations or "suffer the consequences" |
| 1973 | Accords of Paris | |
| 23rd Jan Paris The Paris Accords specify a ceasefire but do not delineate territorial boundaries |
| 23rd Jan Paris The Paris Peace Agreement is signed |
| 1973 | Conference of Paris | |
| 23rd Jan Paris The Paris Peace Agreement is signed |
| 1973 | Declaration of Truce | |
| 28th Jan A truce goes into effect |
| 1973 | ICCS | |
| 4th Feb Paris The International Commission of Control and Supervision (ICCS) was created at the Paris Peace Accords - signed by the US, the Vietcong, North Vietnam & South Vietnam |
| 4th Feb Paris Under the terms of the peace agreement the ICCS is to establish regional and sub-regional administrations based in the demilitarised zone below the Seventeenth Parallel |
| 1973 | Paris Peace Accords | |
| 4th Feb Paris The International Commission of Control and Supervision (ICCS) was created at the Paris Peace Accords - signed by the US, the Vietcong, North Vietnam & South Vietnam |
| 4th Feb Paris Under the terms of the peace agreement the ICCS is to establish regional and sub-regional administrations based in the demilitarised zone below the Seventeenth Parallel |
| 1973 | Popular Front | |
| 13th Feb Thieu announces a "Popular Front" for peace & self-determination |
| 1974 | Declaration of War | |
| Declares that the war has begun again |
| 1975 | Capture of Danang | |
| 30th Mar Danang Danang falls to the Communists |
| 1975 | Capture of Hue | |
| 22nd Mar Hue Hue falls to the Communists |
| 1975 | Exile of Thieu | |
| May Thieu escapes to begin a life in exile, in London, then in Boston |
| 1975 | Invasion of Vietnam | |
| 11th Mar Leads to a speedy collapse of resistance in the sth & an end to the war |
| 11th Mar Thieu decides to abandon all of the highlands, except the Ban Me Thuot region |
| 15th Mar Camranh Meets with his commanders at Camranh & orders withdrawal from the Northern Provinces |
| 1975 | Paris Peace Accord | |
| 21st April Says USASecretary of State Kissinger had tricked him into signing the Paris Peace Agreement two years ago, promising military aid which failed to materialise |
| 1975 | Provisional Revolutionary Government | |
| 21st April The communist Provisional Revolutionary Government (PRG) has said President Thieu must step down before any peace talks with Saigon could begin |
| 1975 | Resignation | |
| 21st April Nine days after Nguyen Van Thieu's resignation, the Vietnam war ends with the fall of Saigon |
| 21st April On TV & radio address, outgoing President Nguyen Van Thieu says his forces failed to stop the advance of the Vietcong because of lack of funds promised to him by the USA |
| 21st April Says USASecretary of State Kissinger had tricked him into signing the Paris Peace Agreement two years ago, promising military aid which failed to materialise |
| 21st April The communist Provisional Revolutionary Government (PRG) has said President Thieu must step down before any peace talks with Saigon could begin |
| 21st April The President of South Vietnam is forced to resign accusing the United States of betrayal |
| 1975 | Siege of Ban Me Thuot | |
| 10th Mar Ban Me Thuot The nth make a succesful attack on Ban Me Thuot in the central highlands |
| 1975 | Siege of Phnom Penh | |
| 11th April Phnom Penh The Khmer Rouge attack Phnom Penh |
| 1975 | Siege of Phuoc Long | |
| 5th Jan Phuoc Long The NV attack on Phuoc Long starts the 3rd Indochina War |
| 1975 | Siege of Saigon | |
| 21st April Saigon 5 divisions of South Vietnamese infantry troops, a division of USARangers & 2 brigades of USAMarines in position around Saigon are outnumbered by more than 2 ro 1 |
| 21st April Saigon North Vietnamese troops have surrounded Saigon and military expert are predicting the city will fall within weeks if not days |
| 29th April Saigon Nine days after Nguyen Van Thieu's resignation, the Vietnam war ends with the fall of Saigon |
| 30th April Saigon Ambassador Graham Martin and 7100 USA& SV personnel are evacuated |
| 2001 | Death | |
| Massachusetts Death of Nguyen van Thieu |
