Vietnam History ~ Counteroffensive Phase VI 2 Nov 1968 - 22 Feb 1969

2 November 1968 - 22 February1969
2 Nov 68 N.L.F. to Join Paris Talks - Bombing Halt  
2 Nov 68 Lost Nuclear Submarine's Debris Spotted  
2 Nov 68 6th Death Spurs Bonn Spy Probe  
2 Nov 68 North Viet Agrees to Explore Peace  
2 Nov 68 Hanoi Must Make Move: Rusk  
2 Nov 68 Many Are Concerned - Troops in Saigon Sceptical  
Nov 68
William E. Colby becomes head of CORDS.
5 Nov 68
Republican Richard M. Nixon narrowly defeats Democrat Hubert Humphrey in the U.S. presidential election.
11 Nov 68
Attack on Camp Radcliff, An Khe.
12 Nov 68
Attack on Camp Radcliff, An Khe.
15 Nov 68 U.S. Warns Reds on DMZ Attack  
15 Nov 68 Foe Moves Troops in Buffer Zone  
15 Nov 68 War Tour Is Ending For F111  
21 Nov 68 5 Win Medal of Honour - War Not Over: L.B.J.  
21 Nov 68 U.N. Rejects Peking Seat Bid; Support For Chiang Grows  
21 Nov 68 Defiant Czechs  
21 Nov 68 Saigon Still Balks at Talks  
27 Nov 68
President-elect Nixon asks Harvard professor Henry Kissinger to be his National Security Advisor. Kissinger accepts.
31 Dec 68
U.S. troop levels reached 495,000 with 30,000 American deaths to date.
1 Jan 69
Henry Cabot Lodge, former American ambassador to South Vietnam, is nominated by President-elect Nixon as the senior U.S Negotiator at the Paris peace talks.
20 Jan 69
Richard M. Nixon, who campaigned on a pledge of "Peace with honor", is inaugurated as the 37th U.S. President.
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Jan 69
Ambush at Dak Po (10 km west of An Khe).
22 Jan 69
Marines start Operation Dewey Canyon in the Da Krong valley.
25 Jan 69
Peace talks open in Paris attended by the U.S., South Vietnam, North Vietnam and the Viet Cong.