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leading to Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh creates the provisional government called the National Liberation Committee of Vietnam after Japan surrenders to the allied forces. The Vietnminh now has power in Vietnam. -
leading to Vietnam
Independence declared. The British try to give the power to the French. -
Vietnam
French troops return to Vietnam, transported in U.S. merchant ships, and sporadically clash with Communist and Nationalist forces. -
leading to Vietnam
Decide the Vietnam is a free state in teh French Union. Now French troops occupy Vietnam. -
leading to Vietnam
The Democratic Republic of Vietnam launches first attack against the French. -
leading to Vietnam
French agree to help aid in the building of an anti-Communist army in Vietnam. -
Vietnam
Battle was about “170 days.” The French lost 10 times more people than the Viet Minh. The French failed to occupy Dien Bien Phu Falls. This also was one the early events of the war, and secured independence for North Vietnam. -
Vietnam
Diem Creates Republic of Vietnam and makes himself President of Vietnam. Many other countries (including the USA) recognizes his leadership and the country. Many people in Vietnam are upset because they want Communism in the country. This also was the beginning of tyranny/oppression in Vietnam from Diem. -
Vietnam
Vice President Johson returns to the United States from a visit to Southeast Asia and gives a report to Kennedy about his trip. He says that the US must help the countries of Southeast Asia. -
Vietnam
The president of South Vietnam, Ngo Dinh Diem and the US president John F Kennedy meet and Kennedy increases the number of american advisors in Vietnam from 340 to 805. -
Vietnam
The first US helicopters arrive in Vietnam, carrying 400 soldiers -
Vietnam
The US bering to drop Agent Orange, a defoliating herbicide, the prevent the use of some roads and trails by Viet Cong -
Vietnam
The historical significance of this event is that the leader of South Vietnam was thrown out by a coup. The United States supported him, but then President Kennedy decided to pay the CIA 40,000 dollars to lead a coup against Diem. -
Vietnam
France recognizes the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) as a free state within the Indochinese Federation and French Union. -
A U.S. victory
he Battle of Khafji was fought between American and Iraqi forces. The Iraqis were driven out of Saudi Arabia for an American victory. -
Tensions between Iraq and Kuwait rise
Saddam Hussein, the leader of Iraq, began accusing Kuwait of moving against Iraq by producing large amounts of oil. Hussein would eventually accuse Kuwait of stealing oil from Iraq. -
operation desert storm
42 days of attacks. leads to iraq war in 2003 -
Saddam attacks
Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait -
American troops move in
The United States decided to lead an initiative against Iraq. It was named Operation Desert Shield, and the troops began landing in Saudi Arabia. -
Defies
Hussein defies U.S. orders -
A U.S. victory
The Battle of Khafji was fought between American and Iraqi forces. The Iraqis were driven out of Saudi Arabia for an American victory. -
Ceasefire declared
U.S. President George H.W. Bush declared a ceasefire, ending the war. Kuwait had been liberated from Iraq. -
Boycotted
Bosnia's Muslims and Croats vote for independence in referendum boycotted by Serbs. -
Bosnia
European Union recognizes Bosnia's independence. War breaks out and Serbs, under the leadership of Radovan Karadzic, lay siege to capital Sarajevo. They occupy 70 percent of the country, killing and persecuting Muslims and Croats to carve out a Serb Republic. -
Bosnia
U.N. sanctions imposed on Serbia for backing rebel Serbs in Croatia and Bosnia. -
Bosnia
Bosnia peace efforts fail, war breaks out between Muslims and Croats, previously allied against Serbs. -
Bosnia
Srebrenica, Zepa and Gorazde in eastern Bosnia are declared three of six U.N. "safe areas". The United Nations Protection Force UNPROFOR deploys troops and Bosnian Serb Army (VRS) attacks stop. But the town remains isolated and only a few humanitarian convoys reach it in the following two years. -
Bosnia
U.S.-brokered agreement ends Muslim-Croat war and creates a Muslim-Croat federation.
