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Ho Chi Minh helps found the Indochinese Communist Party leading to the Japanese invasion of Vietnam
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In September 1940, Japan invaded Vietnam causing the issues leading up to Americas involvement in the Vietnam War.
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Ho Chi Minh establishes the Viet Minh (League for the Independence of Vietnam) which began the communist development of North Korea.
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The United States give $15 million of military aid to France to help them fight in Vietnam showing their alliance and th beginning of the United States involvement in the war.
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The French suffer a decisive defeat at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu which was considered a set piece battle to draw out the Vietnamese and destroy them with superior firepower
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A sustained U.S. aerial bombing campaign of North Vietnam begins taking the U.S. forces into an increased amount of combat action,
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The first U.S. combat troops arrive in Vietnam.
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U.S. troops in Vietnam reaches 540,000 showing the increased need of help in Vietnam
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In July 1969 President Nixon orders the first of many U.S. troop withdrawals from Vietnam
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Communist revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh dies at age 79 losing the leader of the opposing side.
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Portions of the Pentagon Papers are published in The New York Times.
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The last U.S. troops are withdrawn from Vietnam signaling the end of U.S. involvement
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The Paris Peace Accords are signed that provide a cease-fire endin violence between nations
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In March 1975 North Vietnam launches a massive assault on South Vietnam.
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South Vietnam surrenders to the communists showing the near end of the war
