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Ho Chi Minh is Born
He led the Viet Minh Independence movement from 1941 onward and established the Communist-ruled Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945 by defeating the French -
Vietnam declares independence from France, but neither France nor the United States recognize Vietnam as a separate nation
North Vietnam is angry that France or the United states for not acknolging so they start to have riots and try to make them see. -
The Geneva Accords cause Vietnam to be split into North and South
They were split at the 17th Parallel -
The Viet Minh and Ho Chi Minh defeat the French at Dien Bien Phu
The United States responded with a want to stop the spread of communism but not to let the French colonies Vietnam -
President Eisenhower declares "Domino Theory"
The Idea is that if Communism spread to one country all the country's around it would eventually become communism. -
Ngo Dinh Diem cancels elections in Vietnam
Ngo Dinh Diem canceled the election because he knew that Ho Chi Minh would win. They were voting on uniting Vietnam and who would rule it either Ho Chi Minh or Ngo Dinh Diem. -
The National Liberation Front is Formed
Was Also called Viet Cong, and they occupied the North of Vietnam -
A south Vietnamese monk sets himself on fire.
The man was a Buddhist monk. He set himself on fire to protest the alleged persecution of the Buddhist by the South Vietnamese government. -
President Kennedy is assassinated, leading to the presidency of Lydon B. Johnson
JFK would have most likely pulled troops out of Vietnam cause of they way he spoke of the war and the way his presidency had gone before that all points to him taking the United States out of Vietnam -
President Johnson claims a U.S. ship had been fired upon by the North Vietnamese
The name of the ship was the USS Maddox and the response was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which gave Lyndon B. Johnson full power in Vietnam -
The Unite States withdraws support of Ngo Dinh Diem, leader of South Vietnam
The North Completed was completed on April, 30 1975, two years after the U.S signed a piece treaty. -
The first combat troops arrive in Vietnam
The U.S. Military Advisory effort had a modest beginning in September 1950, when the United States Military Assistance Advisory group started up in Saigon.
