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Viet Minh attack an French military outpost in the town of Dien Bien Phu, this lasted two months.
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Nine nations come to negotiate an end to the hostilities of Indochina in Geneva, Vietnam is split into North and South
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South insurgent activity begins, guerrillas kill more than 400 South Vietnamese officials.
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With the support of the US, South Korea overthrows and murders President Diem and his brother.
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North Korea allegedly fires torpedoes at the USS Maddox in the Golf of Tonkin, President Lyndon Johnson approves military action. U.S. enters the war
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200,000 American Troops arrive in South Korea
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Martin Luther King Jr. speaks out against the war, calling the United States "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world". Public Dissent over the war is growing.
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Viet Cong North Korea launches tet offensive, 500 civilians die at massacre at My Lai, thousands die in Battle of Hue
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Policy of "vietnamization" is discussed by secretary of defense beginning a diminishing role of the US military in the Vietnam War, giving more and more of a role to South Vietnam.
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Nixon begins secret bombings of Cambodia, to destroy communist supply route, without knowledge of congress or public. This goes on for 14 months
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Ho Chi Minh dies, Nixon reduces troops because of public opposition to the war
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National Guardsmen open fire on a group of anti-war protestors at Ohio Kent State, four students die.
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Nixon orders heavy bombing of supply dumps and petroleum storage sites of Hanoi and Haiphong.
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A cease-fire is signed in Paris by Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho, American troops pull out completely in March
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Socialist Republic of Vietnam proclaimed, naming Pham Van Dong prime minister. Thousands Vietnam refugees leave Vietnam in unsafe boats looking for better life.
