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Independence of Vietnam
Ho Chi Min declares independence of Vietnam under the new name of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. -
Geneva Conference
A peaceful conference that split Vietnam into four countries. Those country's are North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. -
America sends direct aid
US begins sending direct aid to South Vietnam. -
Election of 1960
JFK was elected as a 35th President of the United States. -
Operation Chopper
It was the first major combat that US forces participate in Vietnam. -
Battle of Ap Bac
The first major combat by the Viet Cong against Southern Vietnamese and American Forces, where communists won. -
Assasination of JFK
President JFK was killed by a Jordan immigrant who disagreed with Kennedy type of politics. -
First US combat Units
200,000 American combat troops arive in South Vietnam -
Election of 1968
President Nixon was elected as a President of the United States. -
Vietnamization
President Nixon begins the policy to decrease US involvement in the conflict by essentially handing the fighting back to the South Vietnamese. -
Withdrawing Troops begins
President Nixon began withdrawing US troops from Vietnam. -
Vietnam war ends
Nixon signs a ceasefire. America have sixty days to remove its troops.
