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Ho Chi Minh establishes the Viet Minh (League for the Independence of Vietnam).
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Ho Chi Minh declares an independent Vietnam, called the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
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"The Geneva Accords creates a cease-fire for the peaceful withdrawal of the French from Vietnam and provides a temporary boundary between North and South Vietnam at the 17th parallel." Boundary between North and South Vietnam.
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"South Vietnam declares itself the Republic of Vietnam, with newly elected Ngo Dinh Diem as president."
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" The National Liberation Front (NLF), also called the Viet Cong, is established in South Vietnam." Formation of the Vietcong.
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"South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem is executed during a coup." Execution of President Ngo Dnih.
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"North Vietnamese attack two U.S. destroyers sitting in international waters (the Gulf of Tonkin Incident)."
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"North Vietnamese attack two U.S. destroyers sitting in international waters (the Gulf of Tonkin Incident)."
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"n response to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, the U.S. Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution."
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"A sustained U.S. aerial bombing campaign of North Vietnam begins (Operation Rolling Thunder)."
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"The first U.S. combat troops arrive in Vietnam."
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"The North Vietnamese join forces with the Viet Cong to launch the Tet Offensive, attacking approximately one hundred South Vietnamese cities and towns."
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U.S. soldiers kill hundreds of Vietnamese civilians in the town of Mai Lai.
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President Nixon orders the first of many U.S. troop withdrawals from Vietnam.
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Communist revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh dies at age 79.
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The American public learns of the Mai Lai massacre.
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The last U.S. troops are withdrawn from Vietnam.
