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Fighting rules the country of Vietnam between its people and the French.
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Ho Chi Minh, a political power, goes underground and creates the Viet Minh to fight against the French, gaining a lot of supporters and attention.
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Ho Chi Minh and his Viet Minh create an independent Vietnam featuring the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, their new government.
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To fight against communism and the "Domino Theory" the United States allies the the French, supporting them with military and financial aid.
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Nations meet and create the Geneva Accords. This stated that there would be a ceasefire for the French to move out peacefully and that Vietnam would be divided by the 17th parallel (creating a communist North Vietnam and non-communist South Vietnam).
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The French are defeated at the Dien Bien Phu and pull their control from Vietnam leaving the U.S. to finish what they started.
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A new election is brought to order to attempt to unify Vietnam under one government (not supported by the U.S.), Ngo Dinh Diem was elected in the south.
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Communist supporters in Vietnam create the National Liberation Front (NFL) to fight the South Vietnamese using a tactic called guerilla warfare.
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After political ruin and tarnishing the relationships made in South Vietnam, the United States supports a coup to kill Diem for good.
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After U.S. sends additional advisors to South Vietnam, North Vietnam fires on two U.S. warships in international waters (known as the Gulf of Tonkin Incident).
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President Lyndon B. Johnson sends first U.S. troops to the ground in Vietnam.
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The U.S. began a limited war in Vietnam which allowed the Ho Chi Minh Trail, the source of the Viet Cong's supplies, to go untarnished. Also prevented resources from going solely toward the fight in the North.
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The North and the Viet Minh put their resources and men together to attack Southern towns and villages, the U.S. fights against them (known as the Tet Offensive). This showed that the enemy was much stronger then they had anticipated.
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Richard Nixon is name new United States President, he comes up with the idea of Vietnamization which would allow the U.S. to slowly withdraw from the Vietnam. Ultimately giving the fight back to the South.
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Troops begin withdrawing from Vietnam, President Nixon expands fighting to other nations (Laos and Cambodia). This causes unrest and protests in America.
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North Vietnam crosses the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) at 17th parallel for an attack. The U.S. uses the last of their troops to fight back.
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At Paris Peace Accords an agreement for a ceasefire is produced.
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The last U.S. troops are taken out of Vietnam, leaving a weak and un-resourced South Vietnam.
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After years of continued fighting the North makes one final push and the South surrenders to the communist Northern Vietnamese.
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Vietnam is officially banded communist Vietnam, under the new reign of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
