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The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia beginning November 1st, 1955.
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Two US military advisers are killed in Vietnam - the first American casualties.
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As a result of the Taylor mission, President John F. Kennedy declares to increase military aid to South Vietnam, without committing U.S. combat troops.
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February 7, 1962 - The US military strength in South Vietnam reaches 4,000, with the arrival of two Army aviation units.
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November 22, 1962 - President John F. Kennedy is assassinateed in Dallas, Texas; Lyndon B. Johnson becomes President.
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November, 1963 - South Vietnamese president Diem and his brother are killed in a military coup led by Major General Duong Van Minh
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August, 1964 - A US destroyer is attacked by the North Vietnamese in the Gulf of Tonkin; US president Lyndon B. Johnson orders retaliatory attacks; US Congress approves the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, which gives Johnson the authority to wage war against North Vietnam.
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Over 200,000 US troops are sent to Vietnam.Bombing raids on North Vietnam commence referred to as 'Operation Rolling Thunder'. The air raids continue for three years. The students at American Universities start to strongly protest against the US policy in Vietnam
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B-52s Bomb North Vietnam. President Johnson meets with South Vietnamese Premier Nguyen Cao Ky and his military advisors in Honolulu
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Vietnam has psychological victory in Tet offensive. Johnson does not run for re-election and Richard Nixon becomes president. Peace talks are beginning for the end of the war.
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The Vietnam War extends to Casmbodia. National Guardsmen open fire on protesting students at Kent State University.
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President Nixon is getting pressured even more to end war.Secret peace talks are initiated. US forces apply pressure on North Vietnam by heavy bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong.
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April 30,1975 is the end of the Vietnam War.