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Ho Chi Minh is Born
Ho Chi Minh led the Viet Minh independence movement from 1941 later this would establish the communist-ruled democratic republic of Vietnam in 1945 -
Vietnam declares independence from France, but neither France nor the United States recognize Vietnam as a separate nation
The North would launch an attack on the French and would reunite the South under communist rule -
The Geneva Accords cause Vietnam to be split into North and South
The country would be divided into the 17th parallel -
President Eisenhower declares the "Domino Theory"
The Domino Theory was a theory that one nation would fall under communism and then it would spread until communism would rule the world -
The Viet Minh and Ho Chi Minh defeat the French at Dien Bien Phu
The U.S. responded by putting boots on the ground and helping fight along side with the South Vietnamese -
Ngo Dinh Diem cancels election in Vietnam
Ngo Dinh Diem did not want to reunite with the North under the Geneva Accord and canceled the election -
The National Liberation Front is formed
The National Liberation Front was known as the Viet Cong and mainly occupied South Vietnam of there time being there -
A South Vietnamese monk sets himself on fire
The monk was Buddhist and he did this to protest the persecution of his religion from the government -
President Kennedy is assassinated, leading to the Lyndon B. Johnson presidency
If President Kennedy was not assassinated the U.S. would not have entered the Vietnam War as quick as we did -
President Johnson claims a U.S. ship had been fired upon by the North Vietnamese
The USS Maddox was the name of the ship, and Johnson's response was to send men to Vietnam and deal with the problem -
The First combat troops arrive in Vietnam
They sent the first U.S. military advisor in 1955-1965, all though it began in the year 1950 -
The United States withdraws supports of Ngo Dinh Diem, leader of South Vietnam
He would shortly later get assassinated for an overthrow of power which would change South Vietnam
