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Battle between the French and Vietnamese. Vietnamese won and made the French quit.
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constructed by the NVA along the Cambodian border it was used as a supply route to the Vietcong in South Vietnam.
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America becomes actively involved in Vietnam in its first mission in Saigon.
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Designed to clear away shrubbery and vegetation away from alongside highways, was developed to make it more difficult for the Vietcong to use surprise attacks on American troops.
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A non-existant attack on the U.S.S. Maddox by the North Vietnamese.
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US Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution giving President Johnson unlimited power in Vietnam.
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A series of bombings planned on North Vietnam. Later determined to be too gradual an approach to win the war.
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The US offers economic aid to North Vietnam in exchange for peace, the offer is declined.
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America commits more than 60,000 troops to Vietnam with many more to come.
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An attack on the US base in Chu Lai is revealed and the US win easily.
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American forces in Vietnam reach 385,000 with more to come.
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Large air-mobile assault lasting 72 days designed to destroy Vietcong bases and military headquarters in South Vietnam.
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2 day raid is peformed by the Vietcong on a military base stationed in Khe Sanh.
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Vietcong troops attack South Vietnam in large numbers, huge defeat for Vietcong but results in major loss of US public support.
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US troops massacre 200 people in My Lai. Caused riots in the US.
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Opporation Rolling Thunder ends and is deamed a failure.
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Richard M. Nixon becomes the 37th president of the United States. Vows to achieve peace with honor in Vietnam.
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Permits the bombing of NVA and Vietcong bases, but is restricted to Cambodia.
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The end of Operation Ranchhand brings the end of the spraying of Agent Orange.
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The ground fighting in Vietnam is almost all up to the South Vietnamese.
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Peace talks break down because of the contenuance of constant fighting.
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Because of a bombing campaign against North Vietnam, peace talks resume.
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All countries involved in the Vietnam war sign a treaty.
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The Watergate scandal leads Nixon to resign.
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two US marines are killed in a rocket attack against an Airport. At dawn that day the last of the Marines go home.