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Period: to
The Start and End of the Vietnam War
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France took control of Vietnam and established Indochina
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France lost its control over Vietnam so Japan took over it.
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The Viet Minh defeated the French colonial army at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu.
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The South Vietnamese monarchy was demolished and Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diem became president of the new South Vietnamese democracy.
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The Vietnam War began.
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The U.S. Senate then approved the Gulf of Tonkin Resolutionwhich gave broad support to President Johnson to escalate U.S. involvement in the war.
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3,500 american troops were sent over to South Vietnam.
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Four F-4C escorting a bombing raid at Kang Chi became the targets of antiaircraft missiles .
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The first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrived in Vietnam
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Operation Starlite began as the first major American ground battle of the war.
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Over 500,000 troops were in South Vietnam.
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The US did halt heavy bombing of North Vietnam .
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The Vietnam War ended.
