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Viet Minh Begins
Ho CHi Minh uses nationalism to create a party of vietnamese communists -
Vietnam Declares Independance
Vietnam liberates themselves from France. Also happens to be the same day the Japanese surrender to the Allied Powers -
First Indochina War Starts
French warships killed about 6,000 Vietnamese civillians. -
US Pays for War
The US pays 80 percent of the cost of the Indochina war -
Attack on Dien Bien Phu
The Viet Minh launch a surprise attack on the French at Dien Bien Phu -
Geneva Convention
North and South Vietnam agree to split along the 17th parallel -
Ngo Dinh Diem takes Charge
US uses their power in South Vietnam to plave Ngo in charge, as he is heavily against communism -
One Vietnam
Vietnam Reunifies -
Viet Cong
Viet Minh create a group for those who opposed the Diem. Called Viet Cong (For Vietnamese Communists) -
Kennedy is President
As the title says... JFK is elected president. -
Hesitaton Expressed
Lyndon B Johnson states that he thinks the war isn't worth it. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
JFK is given permission to take all measures necessary to end the war. -
US Attacked
Viet Cong bombs a US air base -
War Ends
The war is over, US loses, Vietnam is communist