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WWII Officially Ends; US and USSR are last remaining world superpowers
Japan signs paperwork signifying their defeat. The United States of America and the Soviet Union are the last remaining world superpowers. -
Eisenhower reveals 'Domino Theory'; fear of communism is high in Cold War; US supports south Vietnam in war
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Geneva Conference officially divdes Vietnam into the Communist north and Democratic south at 17th parallel; Vietnam war starts
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Viet Cong are formed; Insurgency attacks in South increase
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Lyndon B. Johnson significantly increases US troops in Vietnam; US is now heavily involved in the war
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Tet Offensive is launched; US morale drops; Anti war sentiment increases in US
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Charlie Company slaughters 307 to 504 Vietnamese noncombatants at My Lai in the Quang Ngai Province
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Seymour M. Hersh breaks the My Lai massacre to the story after its cover-up for over a year