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France Created French Indochina.
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Many nationalist movements sprung up in vietnam around this time.
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Ho Chi Minh and his communist army defeated france and gained freedom from indochina.
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The Indochina fighting continued until this time.
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Vietnam is devided.
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Diem took control of the south vietnamese government with U.S. help.
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Diem canceled the re-unification elections.
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Vietnam was supposed to be re-unified with free elections.
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The Gulf of Tonkin Reasolution increased U.S. involvement in the war.
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The first U.S. troops arrived in Vietnam.
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The first attack on U.S. bombers occured.
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By this time over 500,000 U.S. troops were in vietnam.
