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  Ho Chi Minh was a U.S ally that fought for fascism at WWII and wrote a Declaration of Independence for Vietnam. http://www.unc.edu/courses/2009fall/hist/140/006/Documents/VietnameseDocs.pdf
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  The French defeat at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. http://www.unc.edu/courses/2009fall/hist/140/006/Documents/VietnameseDocs.pdf
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  Vietnam was divided into two parts North and south at 17th parallel. http://www.unc.edu/courses/2009fall/hist/140/006/Documents/VietnameseDocs.pdf
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  South Vietnam elected Ngo Dinh Diem as president. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/VNngo.htm
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  President Ngo Dinh Diem was executed by a military coup. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/VNngo.htm
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  In March 8, the United States battle troops went to vietnam. http://csrmedia.education.asu.edu/Lectures/SS3/HistoryCore/Basic9/index.htm
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  The North Vietnamese attacked South Vietnamese cities and towns. http://csrmedia.education.asu.edu/Lectures/SS3/HistoryCore/Basic9/index.htm
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  U.S. militaries fought and killed Vietnamese in the town of Mai Lai. http://csrmedia.education.asu.edu/Lectures/SS3/HistoryCore/Basic9/index.htm
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  In 1969 the president Nixon orders the U.S military to withdrawals from Vietnam. http://csrmedia.education.asu.edu/Lectures/SS3/HistoryCore/Basic9/index.htm
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  In march 1969 the leader of communist Ho Chi Minh died.
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  In 1971, the New York Times published pentagon papers which was a classified study of the U.S politic and military that involved in vietnam during WWII.
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  In 1973, the U.S military left Vietnam. http://csrmedia.education.asu.edu/Lectures/SS3/HistoryCore/Basic9/index.htm
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  In 1975, North Vietnam attacked south Vietnam. http://csrmedia.education.asu.edu/Lectures/SS3/HistoryCore/Basic9/index.htm
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  The south Vietnam was surrendered by the communists.
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  In 1976, Vietnam was unified as a communist country.