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location: Vietnam comand post where french battled againts the vietnamese.
lasted 55 days
shattered france's resolve making them step back. -
location:north vietnam/cambodia
specialized north vietnamese army unit "group 559"
created supply route from north vietnam to vietcong forcese in the south.
with approval from the prince of cambodia.
along the vietnamese/cambodian borders -
president kennedy orders help to south vietnamese goverment. includes: new equipment, +3,000 military advisors, support personal.
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clear vegitaton along side highways, making it difficult for vietcong to hide themselves from ambushes. forests sprayed with "agent orange" trails are exposed.
crops to feed vietcongs are destroyed -
A night when the south vietnamese commandos attack two small north vietnamese islands.
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Gives president Johnson power to take whatever actions he see's neccessary to defend southeast asia.
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limited but long lasting bombing defensive.
Goal: force north vietnam to stop support for vietcongs in the south.
first bombing raids are flown.
lasted until March 2, 1965 -
Offer is rejected, president johnson raises american combat stregth
korea and australlia are added as a sign of international support -
After peace was rejected.
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"operation Starlite"
American Win victrory 700 vietnamese soldiers die
U.S : 45 dead and 200 wounded -
200 senior officials are arrested in crackdown on opponents of the tet stategy.
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Largest air-mobile assaults
240 helicopters
goal: destroy vietnam bases
lasted 72 days -
Isolted marine base
lasted 77 days
was one of the most brutal single battles of the vietnam war -
U.S charlie Company kills about 200 civilians
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promises to achieve "peace with honor"
allowed half million troops to withdrawl -
Bombing of north vietnamese and vietcong bases within cambodia droped more than half million tons of bombs on cambodia
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The remaining 133,000 soldiers stay in south vietnam
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In paris, bewteen North vietnamese and the United States
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North Vietnamese and UnitedStates in Paris again
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All Warrying parties in vietnam war sign.
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Leaving south vietnam without its strongest advocate
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Two U.S marines are killed in a rocket attack at saigon 's tan son nhut airport
