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Ho Chi Minh’s forces defeat the French at the battle of Dien Bien Phu, ending the Indochina War
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At the conference in Geneva, it was agreed upon to split Vietnam into South Vietnam and North Vietnam.
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As reported the first American death happened, two American advisors were killed by Viet Minh Guerilla soldiers at Bien Hoa in a raid
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The United States announced they will increase their military advisors from 327 to 685 men
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John F. Kennedy beats Richard Nixon in the presidential election.
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Vice President Johnson visits South Vietnam and offers military and financial aid to Diem.
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President Diem is overthrown by General Doung Van Minh
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President Kennedy is assassinated leaving Lyndon B. Johnson as president
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Two events seen as incidents happen in the Gukf of Tonkin leaving Johnson having to seek direct involvement in Vietnam
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The USS Maddox reported a second assault by North Vietnam gun boats because of this president Johnson orders strikes on North Vietnam.
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I’m Ia Drang Valley American troops fight their first large scale battles up against North Vietnamese troops
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The first marines arrive in Danang
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Hundreds of thousands of antiwar protsters stick together for demonstrations.
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In the capital of Hue, communist forces kill at least 2,800 people mostly South Vietnamese civilians
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During the tent offensive, North Vietnam and Vietcong Troops launched surprise attacks throughout South Vietnam
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In four hours American soldiers kill over 500 unarmed pedestrians around and in the hamlet of My Lai
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President Nixon is elected and says he will put an end to the Vietnam war.
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After U.S troops in Vietnam reaches 543,000 president Nixon comes up with vietnamization which promised the return of 25,000 American soldiers
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President Nixon broadcasts on television to call for National solidarity on effort towards Vietnam war resulting in a “silent majority”
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To attempt the end of the Vietnam war a series of mass demonstrations across the U.S. occur
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President Nixon announced that American and south Vietnam troops invaded Cambodia to destroy bases
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Four Kent state students are shot and killed during a protest against the war
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South Vietnamese troops launch operation Lam Son 719 against north Vietnam troops in Laos
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President Nixon orders a mass bombing on North Vietnam
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South Vietnam, North Vietnam and the United States sigh a peace agreement officially ending the war
