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Vietnam Declares Independence
Japan surrendered to the allies ending WW2 in 1945; Japan departed Vietnam the same year. Vietnam declared its independence from France in 1945. Vietnam was occupied by Japan during WW2, but it had been a French colony for more than a century prior. -
Geneva Accords
The text of the agreement that formally ended the war between France and the Vietminh in 1954. -
Eisenhower's re-election
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JFK elected president
he was elected president in 1960 -
National Liberation Front organized in South Vietnam
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Vietnamization
a U.S. policy during the Vietnam War of giving the South Vietnamese government responsibility for carrying on the war, so the Americans can leave -
100,000 demonstrate against the war in New York City
Protests against the Vietnam War took place in the 1960s and 1970s. The protests were part of a movement in opposition to the Vietnam War and took place mainly in the United States -
Gulf of Tonkin Agreement
Protests against the Vietnam War took place in the 1960s and 1970s. The protests were part of a movement in opposition to the Vietnam War and took place mainly in the United States -
President Johnson is re-elected
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First US ground troops go to Vietnam
The Vietnam War was the prolonged struggle between nationalist forces attempting to unify the country of Vietnam under a communist government and the United States (with the aid of the South Vietnamese) attempting to prevent the spread of communism -
Senate hearings on War
refers to any of the set of U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings on Vietnam conducted between 1966 and 1971 -
Massive demonstrations at the Pentagon
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Viet Cong launch Tet Offensive
attacks against South Vietnam -
Nixon is elected President
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Nixon orders invasion of Cambodia
a series of military operations conducted in eastern Cambodia during mid-1970 by the United States (U.S.) and the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) during the Vietnam War. -
Nixon's invasion of Cambodia ends
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Four students are killed during antiwar protests at Kent University
Some of the students who were shot had been protesting against the American invasion of Cambodia, which President Richard Nixon announced in a television address on April 30. -
End of Vietnamization
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War Powers Act
federal law intended to check the power of the President in committing the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of Congress -
Paris Accord
The Paris Peace Accords in 1973, ending US involvement in the Vietnam War
