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Rumors of an American Invasion
Amid rumors of a possible American invasion, Japanese oust the French colonial government which had been operating independently and seize control of Vietnam, installing Bao Dai as their puppet ruler.
Summer - Severe famine strikes Hanoi and surrounding areas eventually resulting in two million deaths from starvation out of a population of ten million. -
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The vietnam War
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French forces bombard
ith Viet Minh, French forces bombard Haiphong harbor and occupy Hanoi, forcing Ho Chi Minh and his Viet Minh forces to retreat into the jungle.In Hanoi, 30,000 Viet Minh launch their first large-scale attack against the French. Thus begins an eight year struggle known as the First Indochina War. "The resistance will be long and arduous, but our cause is just and we will surely triumph," declares Viet Minh military commander Vo Nguyen Giap. -
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The Chinese under Chiang Kai-shek
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U.S.
The United States and Britain recognize Bao Dai's French-controlled South Vietnam government. February 1950 - Viet Minh begin an offensive against French outposts in North Vietnam near the Chinese border. February 7, 1950 - In America, the era of 'McCarthyism' erupts as Senator Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin gives a speech claiming the U.S. State Department harbors Communists. As a consequence of McCarthyism, no U.S. politician is willing to appear to be 'soft' on Communism. -
French Leave Vietnam
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Kennedy is the president of the U.S.A
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Kennedy is elected president
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Kennedy and Diem are assassinated.
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First American combat trooops arrive in vietnam.
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Nixon is elected as president of the U.S.A
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Tet offensive My lai Massacre
