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Ho Chi Min founded communist party
Founded communist party to over through the French -
Ho Chi Minh's returns to North Vietnam
Leader of North Vietnam -
United States supplies military aid to France
United State supports france -
Vietnam defeat French
The Vietnamese defeated the French in a famous battle and rout called Dien Ben Phu. -
Geneva Conference
Conference that took place in Geneva Switzerland whose purpose was to attempt to find away to unify Korea -
Tonkin Resolution-Aug, 4 1964
North Vietnamese torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin were alleged to have attacked without provocation U.S. destroyers that were reporting intelligence information to South Vietnam. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
U.S. bombs Vietnam -
U.S. combat troops arrive in Vietnam
3,500 US Marines land at Da Nang, South Viet Nam. Their mission is to provide security for the Da Nang air base, thus freeing South Vietnamese troops for other tasks. -
March of the Pentagon takes place
Protestors march to the pentagon -
Tet offensive
Military campain during the vietnam war -
Massacre at My Lai
Americans killed over 200 unarmed vietnamese -
Vietnamization
Aimed at encouraging the South Vietnamese to take more responsibility for fighting the war. -
Invasion of Cambodia
American troops invade Cambodia -
Kent State
National gaurd shoots student protesters -
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Pentagon Papers
White house classified infomation appeared in the paper -
US withdrawl of troops
U.S. brings troops home -
War Powers Act
Informed congress of any comitments of soliders -
South Korean surrendered
They surrendered to the North Vietnamese -
Civil war breaks out in Angola-1975
