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In this battle, the French suffered a rough defeat at at the beginning of the Vietnam War
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This created a cease-fire for the withdrawal of the French from the Vietnam War events. The Geneva Accords provided a temporary boundary between the North and South Vietnam areas.
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South Vietnam elected Ngo Dinh Diem as their president and they declared themselves as the Republic of Vietnam.
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The National Liberation Front in South Vietnam was established. It was also called Viet Cong.
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During a coup, South Viatnam's president, Ngo Dinh Diem was executed.
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North Vietnam attacked two U.S. destroyers while they were sitting in the international waters of the Gulf of Tonkin.
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In responce to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, the U.S. Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in 1964 to settle conflict.
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Operation Thunder was a sustained U.S. aerial bombing campaign of North Vietnam.
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The first U.S. combat troops arrive in Vietnam start the war.
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The North Viatnam soldiers join forces with Viet Cong to start the Tet Offensive. Together, they attacked over one hundred cities and towns in South Vietnam.
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President Nixon ordered the first release of the U.S. troops in Vietnam.
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President Nixon announces that he will be ordering U.S. troops to attack enemy locations in Cambodia. Protests are sparked nationwide by this news.
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The first portion of the Pentagon Papers are published to the New York Times.
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On this date, the Paris Peace Accord was formed to cease fire in the Vietnam War.
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The last U.S. troops were finally realeased from Vietnam and were all sent home.
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South Vietnam surrenders to the Communists and Vietnam is now unified as a Communist country. (Socialist Republic of Vietnam)
