The North Vietnamese launched the Tet Offensive in January 1968, attacking cities across South Vietnam in an attempt to spark uprising. Although the offensive was a military failure that inflicted heavy losses, it undermined the U.S. public's confidence in the war by showing the vulnerability of U.S. forces. This psychological victory for North Vietnam gave momentum to growing anti-war protests in the U.S. and prompted questions about the relevance of continued American involvement in the war.

1. Indochina Weeks 8-11

7. Defeat of South Vietnam

8. Spread of the Vietnam War to Cambodia

12. King Norodom Sihanouk General Lon Nol

18. “ When the smiling Khmer Rouge Army occupied Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh on the morning of Thursday 17 April 1975 their entrance was greeted by cheering and clapping. By late afternoon of the same day the entire population of the city had been driven from their homes and were being force marched into the countryside. The agrarian revolution of the Year Zero had begun.”

19. Pol Pot “ I did not join the resistance movement to kill people, to kill the nation. Look at me now. Am I a savage person? My conscience is clear.” Date of Birth: May 19, 1925 Date of Death: April 15, 1998