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Happens just hours after Japan's defeat
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Following the surrender of Japan to Allied forces, Ho Chi Minh and his People's Congress create the National Liberation Committee of Vietnam to form a provisional government. Japan transfers all power to Ho's Vietminh.
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First Indochina war was fought between North Vietnam, supported by the Soviet Union, China and other communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States and other anti-communist allies.
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France recognizes Vietnam as a "free state" within the French Union. French troops replace Chinese in the North
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The Beginning of the Vietnam war
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North Vietnam forms Group 559 to begin infiltrating cadres and weapons into South Vietnam via the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The Trail will become a strategic target for future military attacks.
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John F. Kennedy narrowly defeats Richard Nixon for the presidency.
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Tensions between Buddhists and the Diem government are further strained as Diem, a Catholic, removes Buddhists from several key government positions and replaces them with Catholics. Buddhist monks protest Diem's intolerance for other religions and the measures he takes to silence them. In a show of protest, Buddhist monks start setting themselves on fire in public places.
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