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Vietnam takes over the french command post at Dien Bien Phu
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War is over resulting in a war that lasted a total of 15 years leaving a quarter million South Vietnamese troops dead and a million Vietcong troops dead
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President kennedy orders more help for the vietnamese government in their war with the guerillas
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Goal of this operation was to clear all vegetaiton along the higways to that it would be harder for the vitcong to conceal themselves
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This was the largest operation that the U.S. performed. The goal was to capture the vietcong's headquarters in the Saigon Area
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The vitcong launch several attacks across southern vietnam and temporarily take control of Binh Gia.
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The goal of this operation is to destroy Vietcong bases and Vietcong military headquarters in Southern Vietnam. To complete this task they used 200 military choppers
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On the Vietnamese tet holiday the vietcong launched the Tet offensive which was a surprise attack on 100 major Vietnam cities
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Nixon comes into office and declares that he will "gain peace with honor"
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In Pairs, the talk of peace between Vietnam and The U.S. breakdown
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Both parties agree to a cease fire that lasts only about a month
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U.S. launched an aerial bombing campaign that led to negotiations of releasing 591 american prisoners of war
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At 4 in the morning the Vietcong launch their final attack on U.S. soldiers killing 2 marines
