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Vietnamese forces took over and occupied the command post of Dien Bien Phu. The French were defeated by the Viet Minh communist revolutionaries. This battle lasted 55 days.
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The trail ran from North Vietnam towards South Vietnam. This was created to suppy the Vietcong that were in South Vietnam.
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The United States began to back the South Vietnamese government against the North. They supplied them with equipment and personal.
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In early 1962: Operation Ranchhand's purpose was to clear vegetation making it hard for the Vietcong to conceal themselves for ambushes.
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US ships were in the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin on the North side of Vietnam. US ships were attacked by the North and the USS Maddox was attacked.
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The US congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Bill It gavePresident Johnson the power to take whatever actions he needs to defend southeast Asia.
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President Johnson authorized Rolling Thunder, it was a limited and long lasting bombing offensive. It was entended to make the North stop supporting the Vietcong.
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The US offered the Peace for Economic Aid Proposal. Their offer was rejected.
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President Johnson send 60,000 more troops over to Vietnam to increase US support.
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When the US figured out there was an attack that was going to heppen on US Marine base at Chu Lai. The US launched Operation Starlite and the US was victorious.
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In one of the largest air-mobile assaults ever, 240 helicopters sweep over the Tay Ninh province, which was the start of Operation Junction City. The goal of this was to destroy the Vietcong bases and the Vietcong military headquarters. Over 30,000 US troops took part in this mission.
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The US Marine base of Khe Sanh was attacked by the Vietcong.
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The Tet offensive was a series of suprise attacks on cities throughout South Vietnam by the Vietcong.
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In the hamlet of My Lai a US company kills about 200 citizens.
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Nixon takes office. He want's the war to end and to bring our troops home, but he wants to make sure South Vietnam will still survive.
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President Nixon signes off on Operation Menu bombing North Vietnam and Vietcong forces in Cambodia.
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All but 133,000 of the US troops have come home, leaving the rest of the ground war to the South Vietnam Army, now with over 1,000,000 enlisted.
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In Paris peace talks between the US and North Vietnam break down.
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The US resumes peace talks in Paris.
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All parties involved in the war sign a cease fire, which may lead to the end of the war.
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All US troops are now out of Vietnam. The war is over for the US.
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President Nixon resigns as president of the US.