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The longest, most
furious battle of the French Expeditionary Corps in the Far East. 170 days of confrontation, 57 days of hell, Tonkin Vietnam -
The Ho Chi Minh Trail was a complicated jungle paths that let communist troops to travel from North Vietnam to areas near to Saigon. received sixty tons of aid per day from this route. US air force tried to destroy it but failed,
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- They got involved in Vietnam because they wanted to stop the spread of communism. After France left Vietnam after being defeated in the battle of dien phu, the US wanted to take matters into their hands, they had already been helping the French by sending them supplies
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Was an operation to clear the trees from the sides of the highways so that the US troops wouldn't get attacked by the Vietcong.
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The U.S.S. Maddox told the US that they where being shot at from the North Vietnamese in the Gulf of Tonkin. These reports later became known as lies
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The US congress gave President Johnson the power to use US troops in South Vietnam to protect them from communism
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Rolling thunder was a planned attack to bomb the North Vienamese. The US would start slowly and let more bombs off over time. At first the main targets were highways, railroads, and bridges
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The US made an offer to the North Vitnamese that the they would give economic aid for peace in the war. The North Vietnamese ignored the offer and the US increased their troops in Vietnam.
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The US launched Operation Starlite this was when the US attacked first .The US won the battle with only 45 deaths while the NVA lost 700 people. This happen at the marine base at Chu Lai.
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The US is extremly into the war and their is no way to get out of the war unless the US would win.
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The US is wanting to have the South Vietnamese to be democratic because they had so many troops there fighting.
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US going to the Vietcong headquarters to destroy their military base. It lasted 72 days north of Saigon
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Vietcong attack the US and southern Vietnamese troops in South Vietnam. The Vietcong lost 37,000 people in the battle and the US lost 2,500.
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US Charlie Company killed 200 civilians in My Lai. One division in the attack was convicted of war crime.
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The Vietcong attacks the US marine base in Khe Sanh which lasted for 2 days. Eighteen people were killed and 40 wounded in the first part of the battle.
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US lost 900 aircrafts and around 1,000 piolets. Rolling thunder killed 182,000 North Vietnamese civilians and 20,000 Chinese support personal.
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Nixon orders the US troops to start bombing enemy military bases in Cambodia. This was out of the restrictions that the government gave Nixon.
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Nixon become President and told the US to end the war with "Peace With Honor." Also he promised the US that he would get all the troops out of Vienam and keep South Vietnam surviving.
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The US stops spraying Agent Orange in Vietnam after spraying more than 11 million gallons of the chemical
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The US is trying to get out of the war but still attempting to keep South Vietnam alive.
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The US and North Vietnam are trying to make peace in Parris and they are starting to disagree.
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The peace talks are starting and both sides want to end the war.
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All sides have signed the cease fire and the violence ceased
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President Nixon Resigns at the end of the Vietnam war and The US has to finish the war with its strongest advocate.
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The end of the Vietnam War as the last two US marines died. The War lasted 15 years and North Vietnam took over South Vietnam after the US left Vietnam.