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France invades Vietnam
France makes vietnam a colony -
Ho Chi Minh found the Indochinese Communist Party
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Japan Invades Vietnam
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the Viet Minh
Ho Chi Minh establishes the Viet Minh ( League for the Independence of Vietnam) -
Independent Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh declares an independent Vietnam, Called the Democratic Republic of Vietnam -
Receive Military Advisors
The Viet Minh receive military advisors and weapons from China -
U.S. Pledges money
pledges $15 million worth of military aid to France to help them fight in Vietnam -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
French suffer a decisive defeat -
Cease fire
The Geneva Accords create the cease-fire. Withdrawl of the French from Vietnam and provides a temporary boundary between Noth and South Vietnam at the 17th parallel -
Republic of Vietnam
South Vietnam becomes the Republic of Vietnam under Ngo Dinh Diem as president -
Viet Cong
The National Liberation front is established in South Vietnam -
Execution
Ngo Dinh Diem is executed during a coup -
Attack on US
North Vietnamese attack Two U.S. destroyers in international waters -
Congress Response
The U.S. congress passes the Gult of Tonkin resolution -
Operation Rolling Thunder
U.S. aerial bombing Campaign of North Vietnam -
Troops
First U.S. troops arrive in Vietnam -
Tet offensive
North Vietnamese join forces with the Viet Cong. They attacked one hundred South Vietnamese cities and towns -
Mai Lai
U.S. soldiers kill hundreds of Vietnamese civilians -
General Replacement
General William Westmoreland, is replaces by General Creighton Abrams -
Troop numbers
U.S. troops reach 540000 in Vietnam -
Withdrawl
President Nixon orders first of the withdrawals of troops -
Communist revolutionary death
Ho Chi Minh dies at 79 -
News across America
American public learns of the Mai Lai massacre -
Attack location
Nixon announces that troops will attack enemy locations in Cambodia, news spart nationwide protests -
Pentagon Papers
Portions of Pentagon Papers are published in The New York Times -
Easter Offensive
North Vietnamese cross the 17th parallet to attack South Vietnam -
2nd Cease fire
Paris Peace Accords are signed that provide cease fire -
Last Withdrawl
Last troops are withdrawn from Vietnam -
Assault
North Vietnam launches massive assault on South Vietnam -
Surrender
South Vietnam surrenders to communists -
Unification
The Socialist Republic of Vietnam are unified as a communist country -
Memorial
Vietnam Veterans Memoria in Washington D.C. is dedicated
