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Battle between Vietnamese troops and French troops at the command post in Dien Bien Phu.The battle last 55 days.
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North Vietnamese Army create a supply route from North Vietnam to Vietcong forces in South Vietnam.The Vietnamese Army develops a route along the Vietnamese/Cambodian border known as the Ho Chi Minh trail
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The U.S gives help to the South Vietnamese government buy supplying more equipment in the war against the Vietcong guerrillas.
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Operation Rangeland was to clear vegetation alongside highways, making it more difficult for the Vietcong to hide themselves from ambushes.
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South Vietnamese commandos attack two small North Vietnamese islands in the Gulf of Tonkin.
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The U.S. congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, giving President Johnson the power to take whatever actions necessary to defend southeast Asia.
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U.S. launches Rolling Thunder, in which 100 U.S. Air Force planes and 60 South Vietnamese planes bomb North Vietnam. Rolling Thunder continues on and off from 1965 to 1968.
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\The U.S. offers North Vietnam economic aid in exchange for peace, but the offer is summarily rejected
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President Johnson raises America's combat strength in Vietnam to more than 60,000 troops
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American army launches Operation Starlite, when the 1st Vietcong regiment reveals that an attack is against the US Maine base at Chu Lai.
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Operation Junction City was an 82-day military operation organized by United States and Republic of Vietnam. It was the largest U.S. operation of the war.
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At 5:30 a.m., the Vietcong Units attack the Marine base at Khe Sanh. Eighteen Marines are killed instantly, 40 are wounded. The initial attack continues for two days.
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On Vietnamese national holiday Tet, Vietcong units attack more than 100 cities and town.
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In My Lai, U.S. Charlie Company kills about two hundred civilians. One member of the division is tried and found guilty of war crimes, reprocautions are taken by the army
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President Richard M. Nixon takes office as the new President of the United States. With regard to Vietnam, he promises to achieve "Peace With Honor." His aim is to negotiate a settlement that will allow the half million U.S. troops in Vietnam to be withdrawn, while still allowing South Vietnam to survive.
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Nixon authorizes Operation Menu, the bombing of North Vietnamese and Vietcong bases within Cambodia.
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Only 133,000 U.S. servicemen remain in South Vietnam. Two thirds of America's troops have gone home in two years.
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Peace talks between the North Vietnamese and the Americans breakdown, in Paris
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North Vietnam and the United States resume peace talks in Paris.
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All warring parties in the Vietnam War sign a cease fire.
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President Richard M. Nixon resigns, leaving South Vietnam without its strongest advocate.
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Two U.S. Marines are killed in Saigon's Tan Son Nhut airport. They are the last Americans to die in the Vietnam War. North Vietnamese tanks role into Saigon, ending the war.
