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Ho Chi Minh forms Viet Minh, a group that opposed foreign occupation
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Japan formally surrenders to the Allies, and Vietnam declares its independence
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French warships kill about 6,000 Vietnamese citizens
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The Viet Minh launched a surprise attack on a large French military base at Dien Bien Phu, in the mountains of northern Vietnamese
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Eisenhower proposes the domino theory
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Fighting temporarily stopped in Vietnam, and it was divided along the 17th parallel
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Eisenhower provides some 350 U.S. military advisers to train and equip other nation's soldiers
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Kennedy sends an inspection team to South Vietnam to evaluate the situation
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Diem is assassinated
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President Johnson approved covert attacks on radar stations along North Vietnam's coast
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Barry Goldwater insisted that the United States should take a more active role in the war
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United States took over the main responsibility for fighting the war
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Johnson sends U.S. soldiers to war at a beach near Da Nang
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Nearly half a million Americans were serving in Vietnam