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Japan formally surrenders to the allies.
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Vietnam declares Independence announcement made by Ho Chi.
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French Warships Open Fire on the port city of Haiphong, killing 6000 Vietnamese civilians.
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French and Viet Minh Signs the Geneva Accords.
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Viet Minh Overran The French Base ending the battle of dien bien phu and shattering french morale.
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Ho Chi Minh declares himself president of South Vietnam.
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US used its influence to put anticommunist South Vietnamese leader Ngo Dinh Diem in charge.
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Viet Minh forms a group called the National Liberation Front and invited all opponents of Diem to join. Group was called Viet Cong
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Kennedy becomes President
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Buddhist Rally Opposing Diems policies, South Vietnamese police killed nine demonstrators.
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Johnson approves covert attacks on radar stations along North Vietnam's coast.
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Viet Cong attacks US air base in the south.
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3,500 US Marines waded ashore at a beach near Da Nang, South Vietnam.
