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Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh founds the Indochinese Communist Party. -
Dien Bien Phu
A French fort in Vietnam that was fought over and lost to the Vietminh. -
Geneva Conference
A peace conference that split Vietnam into four countries. Those country's are North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. -
Kennedy sends military advisors
President John F. Kennedy sends all military advisors into Vietnam to open a path for military role. -
South Vietnam president assassinated!
Ngo Dinh Diem is assassinated after a very unsuccessful and corrupt reign. -
John F Kennedy Assassinated!
John F Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas Texas. -
Gulf of Tonkin
Uss Maddox attacked by north vietmanese ships. The United States goes to war. -
Johnson sends troops
President Johnson sends 100,000 troops to Vietnam -
Search and Destroy
A new military tactic called search and destroy was used to find he viet Congo but it wasn't very effective. -
Battle of La Drang
First major battle of Vietnam. United States victory. -
Richard Nixon becomes new president
With Robert F. Kennedy being assassinated the Republican Party was ready to win and Nixon promised to bring the troops back from Vietnam. -
Vietnam war ends.
Nixon signs a cease fire and the United States has sixty days to remove its troops.
