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Beggining of the war
Vietnam takes over the french command post at Dien Bien Phu -
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Vietnam war
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 -
Pressident Kennedy calls for help
President kennedy orders more help for the vietnamese government in their war with the guerillas -
Ooperation Ranchland
Goal of this operation was to clear all vegetaiton along the higways to that it would be harder for the vitcong to conceal themselves -
Operation crimp
This was the largest operation that the U.S. performed. The goal was to capture the vietcong's headquarters in the Saigon Area -
Binh Gia
The vitcong launch several attacks across southern vietnam and temporarily take control of Binh Gia. -
Operation Junction City
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 -
TET holiday
On the Vietnamese tet holiday the vietcong launched the Tet offensive which was a surprise attack on 100 major Vietnam cities -
Nixon takes over
Nixon comes into office and declares that he will "gain peace with honor" -
Fail to create peace
In Pairs, the talk of peace between Vietnam and The U.S. breakdown -
Cease Fire
Both parties agree to a cease fire that lasts only about a month -
Prisoners of war
U.S. launched an aerial bombing campaign that led to negotiations of releasing 591 american prisoners of war -
Final attack
At 4 in the morning the Vietcong launch their final attack on U.S. soldiers killing 2 marines
