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The Viet Minh is Formed
- full name: Viet Nam Doc Lap Dong
- a nationalist organization influenced mostly by communists
- establsihed by communist activist Ho Chi Minh during the early 1940's
- to act as the Vietnam Independence League
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The First Indochina War
The First Indochina War began conflicts between Vietnam and China. The communism background led to division in the sides of Vietnam. -
Election of Ngo Dinh Diem
- president of the Republic of Vietnam
- led South Vietnam during the war
- anti-communist
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The Vietnam War
- during the Cold War
- peak of U.S. involvement (more than 500,000 military personnel): by 1969
- end of war: communists sieze control of saigon socialist republic of vietnam
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Launch of the Tet Offensive
- see tab under Tet Offensive
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My Lai Massacre
U.S. forces kill about two hundred civilians, creating an event that would raise awareness of war crimes. Such an event pushed individuals to question the conduct of war. -
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President Nixon's Vietnamization
- a policy to remove U,S, forced out of Vietnam
- train and help South Vietnam troops to fight on their own
- allowed the U.S. soliders to go back home
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Largest Anti-war Protest in U.S.
- people led the Anti-War Movement in America while loved ones fought in the foreign country
- mainly opposed the draft and military intervention
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The Paris Peace Accords
- end war and restore peace
- signed by nixon
- officially ended direct U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War
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The War Powers Resolution
Congress passes the War Powers Act of 1973 in response to the results of the Vietnam War.
