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The Geneva Accords declared a cease fire and divided vietnam officially into North and South Vietnam.
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Diem renamed the country of Vietnam and canceled the election
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The Geneva Accords stipulated that the divide between South and North Vietnam was only tamporary and they would be joined together again.
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John F. Kennedy, who was president at the time, sent military advisiors to train the South Vietnamese army for the war ,so they might have a chance of winning.
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The North Vietnamese forces attacked u.s. navy ships in the Gulf of Tonkin.
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Lyndon B. Johnsons "Americanization" of the war resulted in the presence of almost 400,000 U.S. troops in Vietnam by the time the war ended.
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The North Vitnamese Army and the Viet Cong launched a big campaign called the Tet offensive, attacking almost 30 U.S. targets and dozens of cities in South Vietnam.
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The cease-fire between north and south vietnam was signed
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the U.S withdrew from the war
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The last military personnel left vietnam
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North Vietnamese forces stepped up their attacks on the South and laucnched an all out offense.
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The South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese resulting int he end of the war.
