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Vietnam War

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  • Building Tension

    Building Tension
    1858-1887
    The French began their colonial rule on Vietnam and began to call the land French Indochina.

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    The Indochinese Communist Party was created by Ho Chi Minh to try to get Vietnamese independence from the French.

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    The Viet Minh was a resistance force organized by the Indochinese Communist Party, as a response to an invasion from Japan during World War II.

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    1945
    At the end of World War II, the Viet Minh achieved their goal of gaining Vietnam’s independence. They conquered Hanoi, a Northern Vietnamese city, and declared it as a democratic state with Ho Chi Minh as the president.

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    China and the USSR gave attention to and recognized the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.

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    Viet Minh troops struck an isolated French military camp in the town of Dien Bien Phu. The effort to take the outpost lasted for two months,while the French government agreed to attend to peace talks in Geneva.

  • The United States Enter the War

    The United States Enter the War
    North Vietnam Patrol boats fire on U.S ships. US Congress approves Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing military action in region.

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    200,000 American combat troops arrive in South Vietnam.

  • George Ball's Compromise

    George Ball's Compromise
    Ball wrote a memo called “A Compromise Solution for South Vietnam.” In the memo he said ,“The South Vietnamese are losing the war to the Viet Cong. No one can assure you that we can beat the Viet Cong, or even force them to the conference table on our terms, no matter how many hundred thousand white, foreign (U.S.) troops we deploy.”

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    US troop numbers in Vietnam rise to 400,000, then to 500,000 the following year.

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    Tet Offensive was a combined assault by Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese army on US positions - begins. More than 500 civilians die in the US massacre at My Lai.

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    Ho Chi Minh dies. President Nixon begins to reduce US ground troops in Vietnam as domestic public opposition to the war grows.

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    Nixon's national security advisor, Henry Kissinger, and Le Duc Tho, for the Hanoi government, start talks in Paris.

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    Ceasefire agreement in Paris, US troop pullout completed by March.

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    North Vietnamese troops invade South Vietnam and take control of the whole country after South Vietnamese President Duong Van Minh surrenders.

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    Socialist Republic of Vietnam proclaimed. Saigon is re-named Ho Chi Minh City. Hundreds of thousands flee abroad.

  • Reconstruction

    Reconstruction
    Socialist Republic of Vietnam proclaimed. Saigon is re-named Ho Chi Minh City. Hundreds of thousands flee abroad, including many "boat people".

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    Vietnam invades Cambodia and attacks the Khmer Rouge regime of Pol Pot. In response, Chinese troops cross Vietnam's northern border. They are pushed back by Vietnamese forces.

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    Vietnam invades Cambodia and ousts the Khmer Rouge regime of Pol Pot. In response, Chinese troops cross Vietnam's northern border. They are pushed back by Vietnamese forces. The number of "boat people" trying to leave Vietnam causes international concern.

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    Nguyen Van Linh becomes party leader. He introduces a more liberal economic policy.

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    Nguyen Van Linh becomes party leader. He introduces a more liberal economic policy.

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    The Vietnamese troops withdraw from Cambodia.

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    Vietnamese troops withdraw from Cambodia.

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    New constitution adopted allowing certain economic freedoms. The Communist Party remains the leading force in Vietnamese society.

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    New constitution adopted allowing certain economic freedoms. The Communist Party remains the leading force in Vietnamese society.