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Vietnam forces occupy the French command post. The battle lasted 55 days. Vietnamese won but France wanted to carry on war.
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The Geneva Accords generates a cease-fire for the peaceful removal of the French from Vietnam. It provides a temporary boundary between North and South Vietnam at the 17th parallel.
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South Vietnam states itself the Republic of Vietnam, and Ngo Dinh Diem is newly elected as president.
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The Viet Cong, is established in South Vietnam.
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South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem is executed during a overthrow.
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Two U.S. destroyers sitting in international waters are attacked by North Vietnamese.
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The U.S. Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, after the two destroyers were attacked.
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A U.S. aerial bombing movement of North Vietnam begins. It was called operation rolling thunder.
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U.S. combat troops arrive in Vietnam.
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The North Vietnamese join forces with the Viet Cong. They plan to attack around one hundred South Vietnamese cities and towns.
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In the town of Mai, Lai U.S. soldiers kill hundreds of Vietnamese noncombatants.
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U.S. troops in Vietnam reaches 540,000.
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The first of many U.S. troop withdrawals from Vietnam.
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Communist revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh he was 79 years old.
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President Nixon announces that U.S. troops will attack enemy locations in Cambodia. This causes many protest.
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The North Vietnamese cross the demilitarized zone to attack South Vietnam. This was called the Easter Offensive.
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The Paris Peace Accords are to provide a cease-fire.
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The last U.S. troops are return home from Vietnam.
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North Vietnam has a massive assault on South Vietnam.
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South Vietnam surrenders to the communists.
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Vietnam is combined as a communist country called the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
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The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. is dedicated to the lost soldiers.
