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Battle of Saigon
Viet Cong lauches attack on the South but ended up failing and the South fought back and won -
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1955-1975 vietnam war
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Viet cong is created
Viet cong is established in the South -
Safe Village
(Late 1961) JFK started the safe village program to find out where the NLF were operating(Was not successful) -
Assasination of Diem
Ngo Dinh Diem was assasinated by the Americans -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
American engaged in a sea battle against three North Vietnamese torpedo boats -
Operation Rolling Thunder
United state begins bombing mission over North vietname -
Back up has arrived!
First American combat troops has arrived in Vietnam -
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Battle of Hue
One of the Longest and bloodiest battle during the Vietnam war. South Vietnames and the marine corp fought against the Vietcong. This is also part of Tet Offensive -
Tet Offensive
North Vietnamese army surprise attacked the South on Lunar new year celebration -
My lai Massacre
00+ Villagers were shot by us -
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Too many troops
American troops in Vietnam reaches 540,000 -
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Vietnamization
(Unknown about exact date) Gradually getting troop out of Vietnam and started to train the South Vietnamese people, most soldier were gone by 1973 but the alst troop came back on 1975 -
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Easter Offensive
North attackes the South and crosses the 17th parallel -
Case–Church Amendment
Prohibited further U.S. military activity in vietnam -
Paris Peace Accords
Establish peace in Vietnam and end Vietnam war, this temporarily stopped fightign between North and South -
Fall of Saigon
Capital of South Vietnam was capture by the communist which ended the war and created a communist state
