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Start of the Vietnam War
First Indochina war, Viet Minh declare fighting against French colonial rule. -
China providing
China provides the Viet Minh with military supervisors and weapons. In return the US provides France with 15 million in military aid to France. -
Viet Minh defeat French
Viet Minh force surrender upon the French in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. -
South Vietnam Independence
South Vietnam declares itself the Republic of Vietnam -
Communist began insurgency
Communists asassinate more than 400 Souith Vietnamese officials -
Hanoi Government
Hanio Government forms the National Liberation Front (NLF) -
General Nguyen Khanh
General Nguyen Khanh takes power in South Vietnam. Three North Vietnamese boats fire torpedoes at US destroyer in international waters. -
Bombing North Vietnam
The US begins Operation Rolling Thunder bombing North Vietnam for three years. -
North Vietnamese and Vietcong forces
Over 100 Southern Vietnamese cities and towns under siege by North Vietnamese and Vietcong -
Nixon approves "Operation Breakfast"
Covert bombing operations on North Vietnamese supply routes and base camps in Cambodia. -
US troops attack Cambodia
Nixon announces that US troops will attack enemy locations in Cambodia. -
North Vietnamese cross DMZ
North Vietnamese cross de-militarized zone known as Easter Offensive to attack South Vietnam -
End of War
Vietnam is unified under communist rule as the Socalist Republic of Vietnam
