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french commander orderd his troops to cease fire the battle lasted 55 days and 3,000 troops were killed. the vietnames victory shattered frances resolve to carry on the war.
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american helicopters arrive at docks in south vietname along with 400 us personal. who will fly and maintaine the aircraft.
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an operation chopper, helicopters flown by us army pilots .1000 south vietnames soldiers to sweep a nlf stronghold near saigon
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the vietcong 514th battalion and local guerrilla forces ambush the south vietnames armys 7th divison. almost 400 vietnames are killed or wounded
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american air power in southwest asia is massively reinforced. two aircraft carriers arrive off the vietnames coast prompted by a north vietnames offensive in laos
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on route 13 which links vietnam to the cambodian border american forces are brutally assaulted by the vietcong only american air and artillery support prevents a complete disaster
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south vietnames commandos attack two small north vietnames islands in the golf of tonkin. the us distroyer maddox an electric spy ship is 123 miles south with orders to electronically simulte an air attack
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the caption of the uss maddox repports that his vessle had been fired on and that an attack is imminent. thought he later says that no attack took place six hours after the initial report
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the us congress passes the gulf of tonkin resolution giving president jhonson the power to take whatever actions he sees necessary to defend southeast asia.
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a us helicopter base and advisory compound in the central highlands of south vietnam is attaked by nlf commandow. nine americans are killed and more than 70 are wounded
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us forces launch operation crimp. deploying nearly 8000 troops it is the largest american operation of the war. the goal of the campaigon is to capture the vietcongs headquarters.
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the 272nd regiment of the vietcong 9th divison attack a battlalion of the american 3rd brigade at lo ke. us air support succeeds in the boming the attakers into retreat.
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in a new mission code named operation attleboro the us 196th brgade and 22000 south vietnamese troops begin aggressive search and destroy sweeps through tay ninh province
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south vietnamese troops attack into cambodia pushing toward vietcong bases. two days later a us force of 30,000 including three us divisions mount a second attack.
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three South Vietnamese divisions drive into Laos to attack two major enemy bases. unknowingly, they are walking into a North Vietnamese trap.
