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French Defeat
French Army is routed at Dien Bien Phu and are forced to leave Vietnam; resulting in US involvement. -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
North Vietnamese torpedo boats supposedly attack the UUS Maddox - this incident leads to US involvement in Vietnam -
Escalation
President Johnson began escalation of US troops by sending 100,000's of American soldiers to Vietnam -
Tet Offensive
Vietcong launch a surprise attack all over South Vietnam, Military failure for the Vietcong; however political success. -
Election of 1968
George Wallace runs as an independent and plays the Spoiler Role in the election by winning several Southern states. Richard Nixon wins the election with less that 45% of the popular vote -
Vietnamization
President Nixon and National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger begin policy of Vietnamization - which meant more South Vietnam Army fighting - less US fighting -
Invasion of Cambodia
President Nixon announces that US forces have invaded Cambodia in order to wipe out enemy bases -
Kent State
4 college students are shot and killed by National Guardsmen during a protest against the US invasion of Cambodia -
Nixon re-elected
President Nixon announces the "Peace is at Hand" and wins a second term as president -
US Involvement ends
The last US soldiers leave South VIetnam -
Vietnam Reunited
North Vietnamese forces invaded and take over South Vietnam; thus ending the war and reunited Vietnam
