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The Geneva Accords divide Vietnam in half at the 17th parallel
The Geneva Accords divide Vietnam in half at the 17th parallel, with Ho Chi Minh's Communists ceded the North, while Bao Dai's regime is granted the South -
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Vietnam War
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JFK and Ngo Dinh Diem meet
Following a meeting between South Vietnam's President Diem and Kennedy -
• President Johnson declares he will not "lose Vietnam" during a meeting with Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge in Washington.
President Johnson declares he will not "lose Vietnam" during a meeting with Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge in Washington. -
Diem overthrown
South Vietnam's President Diem is overthrown in a military coup. The coup takes place with the tacit approval of the United States. -
Operation Rolling Thunder begins
Operation Rolling Thunder begins with more than 100 United States Air Force jet bombers striking -
Massive anti-war demonstrations held in the U.S.
President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered massive U.S. military intervention and the ... In the spring of 1965, "teach-ins" against the war were held on many college campuses -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Asia Resolution, Public Law 88-408) was a joint resolution which the United States Congress passed on August 7, 1964 in response to a sea battle between the North Vietnamese Navy's Torpedo Squadron -
MyLai Massacre
Calley and Ernest Medina resulting from their roles in the massacre at My Lai village -
• President Nixon stuns Americans by announcing U.S. and South Vietnamese incursion into Cambodia
Communist gains against Lon Nol
