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An assault by the Vietminh on the French stronghold at Dien Bien Phu shattered the French resolve, though the French had less casualties.
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This route was used to get supplys from North vietnam to forces in South vietnam. It was along the Cambodia-Vietnam border.
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Used agent orange to kill vegetation along highways, to reveal the vietcong & their hiding places.
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Operation Chopper flew one thousand South Vietnamese soldiers to sweep an NLF stronghold.
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South Vietnam attacked North vietnamese islands while the US destroyer Maddox simulated an airstrike to draw away N Vietnamese forces.
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This resolution gave Johnson the authority to do whatever he deemed necessary to protect American troops
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Rolling thunder lasted three and a half years, and was a series of bombimgs to force North Vietnam to stop supporting guerillas in the south
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This happens after vietnam rejected the US's peace offer
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This proposal was rejected, and two weeks later Johnson increased troops in Vietnam, with Korea and Australia also sending troops.
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General Westmoreland pushed to a point just north of Saigon
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240 Helicopters sweep Tay Ninh to try and destroy vietcong bases. There was capturing of a lot of materials, but no decisive battles
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At 5:30 AM, the Vietcong attacked and instantly killed 18 men, with 40 wounded. This attack continued for 2 days.
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These attacks were launched to force the US into a truce, but resulted in heavy communist casualties.
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The killing of 200 unarmed civilians by US troops of Charlie Company greatly belittles earlier US accomplishments.
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This operation was the bombing of vietcong bases in Cambodia, and lasted four years. In that time, the US dropped over 1/2 a million tons of bombs.
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2/3 of the troops were recalled in 2 years, and now the ground war is mostly Vietnam
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The talks, held in Paris, were between North vietnam and the Americans
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Peace talks resume in Paris
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All warring parties of the vietnam war sign a cease fire
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Nixon resigns, and leaves vietnam without it's strongest advocate
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The US airlifts out their last troops, and North Vietnamese tanks roll into saigon. This effectively ends the war. In the 15 years, the NVA suffered almost a million deaths and the South Vietnamese almost a quarter million. Around 100,000 civilians were killed