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Viet Minh announced the establishment of a new Vietnam with a new government called the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. This spurred the French to fight for their colony.
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After the French were defeated at Dien Bien Phu, negotiations ended with the Geneva Agreements.
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After sending troops to fight with Southern Vietnam, Air Force Technical Sergeant Richard B. Fitzgibbon, Jr was the first American to die at war in Vietnam.
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The Buddhist monk, Thich Quang Duc, sat under a tree to peacefully protest Diem's policies. Two younger monks drenched him in gasoline and set fire to him.
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Ngo Dinh Diem and his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu were captured and later killed with Washington's tacit approval.
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North Vietnam fired on two U.S. ships which offered the President authority to escalate U.S. authority in the war.
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U.S. Air Force bombing attempted to demoralize the North Vietnamese and diminish their manufacturing and transportation abilities.
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North Vietnam planned a surprise attack (known as the Tet Offensive) in conjunction with the Viet Cong on about one hundred South Vietnamese cities and towns but American and South Vietnamese troops successfully blocked the attack.
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President Nixon faced much backlash from Americans who protested and it known that they wanted peace not war. President Nixon began to work toward this peace at the peace talks in Paris.
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Americans staged the largest anti-war protest in Washington D.C. to endorse peace over war and call for an end to the Vietnam War and the return of American soldiers
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North Vietnamese troops crossed the 17th parallel and invaded South Vietnam when American troops were removed from the war.
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Thieu-Ky was convinced by President Nixon to sign onto the peace accord and the final draft was initialed in France, but did not yet end hostilities in Vietnam.
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The Paris peace talks successfully produced a cease-fire between the Northern and Southern Vietnamese troops.
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The last American troops returned home on March 29, 1973 leaving South Vietnam in a brittle state and unable to defend themselves if another attack occurred.
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Communist forces captured the presidential palace in Saigon, ending the Second Indochina War.
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Vietnam was reunited as one single country under communism and renamed The Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
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