Vietnam

  • Period: to

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    Vietnam
  • Communists led by Mao Zedong took power in China.

  • Korean War began

  • Eisenhower sent militart adviseres to train and arm S. Vietnam

  • JFK took office

  • Kennedywas assissinated

  • Tonkin/Resolution

  • Full scale military intervention begins.

  • North Vietnam and Vietcong launched the Tet Offensive.

  • Johnson starts peace talks in Paris.

  • Vietnamization begins

  • The Paris Peace Accords called for and end of fighting for all foreign troops

  • End finally came

  • Evacuation of Saigon

  • party leaders followed China's lead of doi moi

  • Bill Clinton lifted the US trade embargo