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During WW2, the French colony is subject to Japanese occupation. The colony is comprised of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.
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Ho Chi Minh declares an independent Vietnam after the fall of Japan.
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South Vietnam is in French control, post WW2, whilst Ho Chi Minh remains in the North.
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The French surrender to Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam after a brutal loss in Dien Bien Phu.
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Partition was to lat until elections in 1956, and was decided at the Geneva Accords.
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Claimed that conditions were not yet right, and was supported in this by the USA.
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The use of revolutionary violence is approved in Vietnam by the communists, leading to the establishment if the NLF
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Authorises the use of Agent Orange, Agent Blue and Napalm
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Buddhist followers in the city of Hue celebrated the Buddha's 2,527th birthday. The day before, a deputy province chief invoked a previously ignored law that prohibited the display of religious flags, even though many Buddhist and Catholic flags had been flying for years.
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A worsening of the Buddhist Crisis Im S.V
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Nhu orders assault on Buddhists
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Taylor and McNamara cut support for the military to put pressure on Diem.
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LBJ Approves OPLAN 34A, a strategic plan wherein S.V Troops, trained by Navy SEALs began raids on the coast of N.V, and U2 Flyovers for surveillance.
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A strategic bombing campaign of Cambodia designed to destroy the Ho Chi Minh trail.
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Lon Nol, a pro US general deposes the leader of Cambodia, and abolishes the monarchy.
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Kissinger makes it clear to the USSR that he knows the situation in Vietnam is unsustainable.
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The agreement is signed, with all US troops, bar essential personnel, to leave in the next 60 days.
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