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Ho Chi Minh forms Indo-Chinese Communist Party
Forms party to resist the Japanese -
Viet Minh seize power, Ho Chi Mihn declares independence
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French are defeated at Dien Bien Phu
United States delines French request for air support, resulting in their defeat -
At the Geneva Conference, Vietnam is split into North and South.
Vietnan is split in half at the 17th parallel -
Weapons and men begin infiltrating South Vietnam
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Gulf of Tonkin Incident
U.S. claims The USS Maddox was attacked by Vietcong gunboats while patrolling hte Gulf of Tonkin -
Vietcong attack American soldiers at Pleiku
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Operation Rolling Thunder begins
Bombing camapign designed to weaken the Vietcong and the Ho Chi Minh trail -
First combat troops arrive in Vietnam
First US Marines arrive in Vietnam -
Vietcong attack U.S. embassy in Saigon
Vietcong Terrorists bomb United States Embassy in Saigon -
The first major battle, the Battle of Ia Drang Valley, between U.S. forces and the Vietcong.
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U.S. bombs NVA at the DMZ for the first time
DMZ was viewed as the buffer zone until now -
Operation Cedar Falls begins. Largest offensive to date.
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Vietcong, aided by NVA, launch Tet Offensive
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My Lai Massacre
US Marines murder 300 Vietnamese civilians -
Saigon falls to North Vietnam
