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By Joe LeDoux

  • The french take control Vietnam

    The french take control of Vietnam in 1887

  • Ho Chi Minh is born

    Ho Chi Minh was born in Kim Lien, Vietnam on May 19, 1890

  • Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnams independance

    Ho Chi Minh declares that Vietnam is now an independent nation on September 2, 1945
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    the french try to regain control over Vietnam

    the french try to retake Vietnam and start what is called The French Indochina War in 1946 and it ends in defeat in 1954

  • the french loose control of Indochina

    The french loose control of Vietnam after the battle of Dien Bien Phu that resulted in a total defeat and surrender of french troops

  • SEATO

    In 1954 the United states and seven other countries formed the South Asian Treaty Organization(SEATO)

  • the Geneva peace convention and a united Vietnam

    The International Peace convention in Geneva, Switzerland called for Vietnam to hold an election in 1956 to unite Vietnam

  • the vietcong begin a guerrilla campaign

    In south Vietnam a pro Communist group called the National Liberation Front (NLF) began to wage guerrilla warfare

  • Kennedy sends in troops

    by 1963 more than 15000 US "advisers" were fighting in Vietnam

  • the USS Maddox takes fire

    In 1964 the US destroyer USS Maddox (DD-731) was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer that was patrolling the waters in the gulf of Tonkin off the coast of north Vietnam when it was attacked by a north Vietnamese boat and returned fire