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Ho Chi Minh Found the Indochinese Communist Party (ICP).
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ICP organizes a guerrilla force, Viet Minh, in reponse to invastion by Japan during World War II.
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The Viet Minh seizes power. Ho Chi Minh announces Vietnam's independence.
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French forces attack Viet Mihn in Haiphong in November, sparking the war of resistance against the colonial power.
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Democratic Republic of Vietnam is recognized by China and USSR.
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South Vietnamese Presidnet Ngo Dinh Diem begins campaign against political dissidents
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Beginning of Communist insurgency in the South.
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Weapons and men from North Vietnam began infiltrating the South
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Viet Cong, the communist guerrillas operating in South Vietnam, defeated units of the ARVN, the South Vietnamese Army. President Diem is overthrown and then killed in a US-backed military coup.
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Gulf of Tonkin incident: the US says North Vietnamese patrol boats fire on two US Navy destroyers. US Congress approves Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing military action in region.
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200,000 American combat troops arrive in South Vietnam.
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NIxon's national security advisor, Hentry Kissinger, and Led Duc Tho, for the Hanoi government, starts talks in Paris
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Ceasefire agreement in Par, US troop pull-out completed by March
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NOrth Vietnamese troops invade South vietnam and take control of the whole country after South vietnamese President Duong Van Minh surrenders
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial opens in Washington D.C.
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U.S. Offers Asylum to Vietnamese Political Prisoners.
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McNamara Calls Vietnam Policy "Wrong, Teribly Wrong"
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U.S. and Vietnam Exchange Ambassadors