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an organization he formed in 1941 to resist the Japanese occupation
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In August 1945, World War II ended when Japan was defeated
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In September 1945, British forces landed in Saigon, Vietnam’s colonial capital, and reclaimed the country for their ally France
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In the spring of 1946, the Vietnamese leader and the French government signed an agreement to share power
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The United States began getting involved in Vietnam in 1950
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In 1950, the U.S. government sent economic and military aid to the French forces fighting to maintain French control of Vietnam.
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In 1954, the Viet Minh won a decisive victory at the battle of Dien Bien Phu
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John F. Kennedy took office in early 1961, fighting between the South Vietnamese and communist rebels in the South
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In the fall of 1963, the Kennedy government quietly agreed to a plan by South Vietnamese generals to overthrow the Diem regime