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Vietnam Gains Independence
When Japan overtook the French in 1945, they declared their own independence as well as Vietnam's. Ho Chi Minh was granted power to his Vietnminh. -
JFK
John Kennedy is elected President of the U.S. and will endure the beginnings of the Vietnam War. -
Thich Quang Duc
Monk burns himself alive in protest of the South Vietnamese government persecuting Buddhist monks. -
JFK Assassinated
President Kennedy is assassinated. Lyndon Johnson becomes President. -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
This was the second altercation with North Vietnam ships in the Guld of Tonkin. -
Tet Offensive
The Vietcong of North Vietnam made surprise attacks on those allying against them. -
End of War!
A cease-fire is signed by President Nixon in Paris.
