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Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh forms his first provisional government in Vietnam in this year. The First American was also killed in Vietnam this year, Peter Dewey a lieutenant colonel in the OSS. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Chi_Minh -
Dien Bien Phu
The French, which had occupied Vietnam since 1887, were defeated at the battle of Dien Bien Phu by the Vietminh. As a result of this, the Geneva conventions split the nation of Vietnam at the 17th parallel into North Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh) and South Vietnam.
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Changes
The United States begin training South Vietnamese soldiers in this year. The French officially vacated Vietnam after occupation since 1887.
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The Trail
In this year weapons begin moving along the Ho Chi Minh trail from North Vietnam to the hand of South Vietnamese resistance groups.
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Kennedy, Vietcong 1960
Kennedy was elected president of the United States in 1960. The Vietcong were also formed this year as a result of the growing threat of South Vietnam and its support from the United States.
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Agent Orange
The United States uses Agent Orange in Vietnam to combat Vietcong and other resistance groups. This is a herbicide that did damage not only to Vietnamese crops, but also its people.
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Kennedy
November 22nd John F. Kennedy is assassinated.
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LBJ elected, Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Lyndon Baines Johnson was elected president of the United States after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The Gulf of Tonkin Incident happened in this year as well in which the United States lied about being attacked in order to help justify the war in Vietnam.
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Operation Rolling Thunder
The United States launches an aerial assault on Vietnam, with Operation Rolling Thunder.
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My Lai Massacre
The My Lai Massacre occurred on March 16th, 1968 in Vietnam. The United States killed approximately 500 unarmed civilians. The event would change many attitudes and sentiments toward the war in the United States and on a global scale as well.
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Holiday in Cambodia
Richard Nixon secretly expands the war into Cambodia.
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Vietnam War Decline
70,000 United States troops leave Vietnam in the year 1972. A major de-escalation of the war was finally in progress. Nixon is also re-elected in this year.
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The End
The last American troops finally exit Vietnam. This ended a long period of outside occupation and tyranny for the country of Vietnam, one that lasted almost a century between France and the United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
