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Ho Chi Minh declares an independent Vietnam creating "Democratic Republic of Vietnam"
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Vietnamese forces occupy the French command post at Dien Bien Phu.The battle had lasted 55 days. Vietnamese victory shattered France's resolve to carry on the war.
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The Geneva Accords creates a cease-fire for the peaceful withdrawal of the French from Vietnam and creates at "demilterized" zone along the 17th parallel.
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South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem is executed
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Gulf of Tonkin incident,North Vietnamese patrol boats fire on two US Navy destroyers. US Congress approves Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorising military action in region.
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U.S. aerial bombing campaign of North Vietnam begins "Operation Rolling Thunder"
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the first combat troops land in Vietnam
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the Viet Cong and north Vietames forces join together for suprise attacks aginst South Vietnam and U.S.
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Mai Lai was a massacare of hundreds of unarmed civilians includeing men,woman, and children commited by U.S forces. Caused outrage in America.
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President Nixon orders the first U.S. troop withdrawals from Vietnam.
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The papers revealed that the U.S. had secretly largend the scale of the Vietnam War with the bombings of Cambodia and Laos, coastal raids on North Vietnam,
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The North Vietnamese cross the demilitarized zone at the 17th parallel to attack South Vietnam
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signed to end the war and provide a ceasefire and start moving U.S troops out of Vietnam
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North Vienam attack on South Vietnam
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the South surrenders to Communist
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Vietnam becoms the communist country "Socialist Republic of Vietnam."
