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The Geneva Accords were designed to ensure peace, but ended up contributing to war.
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JFK financed an increase of the South Vietnamese Army from 150,000 to 170,000
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Diem is overthrown and killed
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President Lyndon B. Johnson and Congress pass a law to expand the war in Vietnam, after reports of American ships being attacked by torpedos in the open seas.
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President Johnson authorised the wholesale bombing of North Vietnam
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The United States begins using Napalm (1965-1972) and Agent Oragne (19651970) in the Vietnam War
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Vietcong and North Vietnam forces lead fierce attacks on over 100 South Vietnam towns and cities
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Under direct orders from President Nixon, dthe U.S. military drops a bomb on Cambodia after Vietvong forces attack areas of South Vietnam
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Ho Chi Minh was the comunist president of North Vietnam who wanted to unite all of Vietname under communist rule.
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President Nixon withdraws American combat forces from Vietnam to try and end the United States involement in the war.
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America,Vietcong, North Vietnam, andSouth Vietnam sign an agreement to cease fire.
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South Vietnam falls to North Vietnam communist forces
