Fighting in Vietnam escalates, in 1965, into a major war as US troops begin pouring in.

The US drops 315,000 tons of air ordnance on Vietnam over the twelve-month period from January to December.

In an accelerated effort to crush the popular resistance movement, the US Army destroys villages, interns peasants in concentration camps, isolates resistance leaders, and turns the South Vietnamese countryside into a ‘free-fire zone”, targeting anything that moves.