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French reoccupied Vietnam
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Defeat of Japan
British troops occupied South Vietnam; Nationalist Chinese forces occupied North Vietnam. -
Japan Surrendered
Japan surrendered to Vietnam and pulled troops out of the nation. -
Vietnam Declared Independence
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War Between France and Vietnam
War broke out between the French and the Vietminh. -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
Defeat of French forces; French withdrawal of military troops from Vietnam. -
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American Involvement In Vietnam
American forces occupy Vietnam. -
First U.S. Casualties of Vietnam War
Vietminh began a campaign of guerilla warfare in South Vietnam and attacked American military advisors. -
Green Berets
America sent special forces troops into Vietnam. -
Gulf of Tonkin
U.S. ships fired and damaged several torpedoes that were allegedly stalking it; marked the escalation of the war. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Gave the president the power to conduct military operations in Southeast Asia without declaring war. -
Regular Troops
America sent regular troops into Vietnam. -
Pacification
U.S. policy to protect the South Vietnamese. -
Tet Offensve
NVA and Viet Cong invade the major cities of South Vietnam during the nation's Lunar New Year, Tét. Moral loss for America because the population started to doubt the government. -
My Lai Massacre
U.S. troops massacred between 347-504 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam. -
Vietnamization
Replacement of American troops with South Vietnamese forces. -
Battle of Hamburger Hill
To wipe out Vietnamese troops that we discovered. -
Nixon Doctrine Executed
President Nixon ordered a squadron of 18 B-52s loaded with nuclear weapons to race the border of the Soviet airspace to convince the Soviet Union that he was capable of doing anything to end the Vietnam War. -
Cambodia/Laos Invasion
We invaded Laos and Cambodia; this is what provoked the Kent State protest. -
Pentagon Papers
A history of the real history of what happened in Vietnam; discovered and released by Daniel Ellsburg and first brought to the attention of the public when it was published in the New York Times. -
Paris Peace Accord
Peace Treaty signed by all parties to end the Vietnam War. American forces ordered out of Vietnam; POWs returned to America. -
Capture of Saigon
North Vietnamese troops capture Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, and mark the end of the war.
