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The Viet Minh was the League for the Independence of Vietnam that fought against the French, and later against the Japanese.
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Japanese take over French Indochina. Emperor Bao Dai renames the country to Vietnam.
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The Soviet Union occupies the North while the United States keeps the South.
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North Korean troops capture South Korea's capital city.
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First battle between US forces and North Korean forces. America is defeated
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Battle commanded by General Douglas MacArthur. Victory for South Korea, the United States and the United Nations.
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Chinese soldiers had been crossing the Yalu River into Korean territory.
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Former army general, Eisenhower wins by a landslide by building his campaign mainly on promising to end the Korean War.
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Armistice stops fighting and Korea remains divided.
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The battle of Dien Bien Phu ends and French Indochina falls to the Viet Minh forces and becomes North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
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The SEATO treaty (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) is signed with the purpose to stop communism from gaining ground on the region.
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North Vietnamese attack two U.S. destroyers sitting in international waters
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First major engagement of the war between regular U.S. and North Vietnamese forces.
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The Paris Peace Accords ended direct U.S. military combat, and temporarily stopped the fighting between North and South Vietnam.
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