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Vietnam becomes a French Empire
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Ho Chi Minh helps found the Indochinese Communist Party
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Imperialist Japan invades Vietnam in efforts of expanding their empire.
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Ho Chi Minh establishes the Viet Minh
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Ho Chi Minh declares independant Vietnam, called the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
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The Viet Minh recieve military advisors and weapons from China
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America pledges $15 million worth of millitary aid to France to help them fight in Vietnam
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The French suffer a loss at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu
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The Geneva Accords creates a ceasefire for the peaceful withdrawl of the French from Vietnam and provides a temporary boundary between North and South Vietnam at the 17th Parallel.
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South Vietnam itself the Republic of Vietnam, with newly elected Ngo Dinh Diem as President
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The National Liberation Front (NLF), also known as the Viet Cong, is established in South Vietnam
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South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem is excecuted during a coup.
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North Vietnamese attacks two US destroyers sitting in international waters.
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In response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident, the US congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
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The first US combat troops arrive in Vietnam
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A sustained US aerial bombing campaign of North Vietnam begins.
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The North Vietnamese join forces with the Viet Cong to launch the Tet Offensive, attacking approximately one hundred South Vietnamese cities and towns.
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President Nixon orders the first of many US troop withdrawls from Vietnam
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Communist Revolutionary, Ho Chi Minh dies at age 79
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The North Vietnamese cross the demilitarized zone (DMZ) at the 17th parallel to attack South Vietnam in what became known as the Easter Offensive
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The Paris Peace Accords are signed that provide a cease-fire
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The last of the US troops are withdrawl from Vietnam
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North Vietnam launches a massive assault on South Vietnam
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South Vietnam surrenders to the communists
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Vietnam is unified as a communist country, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
