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Vo Nguyen Giap overrun the French base at Dien Bien -
The Saigon Military Mission, a covert operation to conduct psychological warfare and paramilitary activities in South Vietnam, is launched under the command of U.S. Air Force Col. -
The Geneva accords effectively divide Vietnam in two. -
Ngo Dinh Diemm is assassinated by his own generals. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was submitted after commanders reported a North Vietnamese torpedo boat attack -
A program for the pacification and Long-Term development of Vietnam was published. -
During the Vietnamese New Year holiday of Tet, North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces begin an offensive that will eventually hurl some 85,000 troops against five major cities, dozens of military installations, and scores of towns and villages throughout South Vietnam. -
CBS news anchor returns from Vietnam and tells people that the war is going to end in a stalemate. -
as many as 500 unarmed villagers were killed by U.S troops. -
millions of people in the U.S protested the continued U.S involvement in Vietnam. -
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