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Japan withdrew its forces from Vietnam in 1945 leaving French Emperor Bao Dai, in control of Vietnam.
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After following the surrender of Japan to Allied Forces, Ho Chi Minh and his followers created the National Liberation Committe of Vietnam; Japan transferred all of its power to Ho Chi Minh.
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The state of Vietnam (South Vietnam) is set up with Sagion as its capital.
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Conflict continued to happend until the end of the battle of Dien Bien Phu ended with the Viet Meinh forces defeated the French.
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In 1955 anti-communist Ngo Dihn Diem pushed Emperor Bao aside and became President of the Governemnt of Republic Vietnam.
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At this time President Dwight D. Eisenhower declared his support to DIem and Vietnam.
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Vietnma Communists started to attack Diem's repressive regime and fight back, by 1959 they had begun to engage in South Vietnamese Army forces in fireflight.
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By 1962 there was a huge amount of military presence in South Vietnam with at least 9,000 troops compared to in the early 50's with about 800 troops.
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Diem and his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu were killed by some generals in a coup.
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Johnson made the decision to (support from the American public) to send U.S. forces into battle in Vietnam.
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By 1966 large areas of South Vietnam had been assigned as "free-fire zones." Where innocent people had been evacuted from and only enemies were left.
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By 1967 almost 500,000 U.S. troops were in Vietnam and U.S casualities were at 15,058 killed and 109,527 were wounded.
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In October of 1967 about 35,000 people staged an anti-war protest outside the Pentagon, and protested that the U.S. was supporting a dictatorship in Siagon.
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On this date General Vo Nguygen Giap launched the Tet Offensive (a series of fire attacks) on more than a 100 cities/towns in South Vietnam.
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U.S. forces were completely withdrawn before, but fighting in Vietnam did not stop until Siagon fell to the communists
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The Vietnam Veteran's Memorial was shown to the public in Washington D.C., on it were the names inscribed of veteran's who were either killed or missing.
