United States · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Nixon implements a policy of Vietnamization that aims to gradually withdraw US troops while expanding the combat role of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) so that it would be capable of independently defending South Vietnam
Forms joint US & Vietnam Armed Forces Joint General Staff. Adopts a policy of "Vietnamization", transfer burden of war from U.S. to ARVN
Announces a first troop withdrawal under Vietnamization
Invents the term "Vietnamization" to cover American troop withdrawals
Commands US forces in Vietnam during Vietnamization and the Cambodia campaign
Announces on TV that "Vietnamization has succeeded"
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