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The Vietminh overran the French stronghold at Dien Bien Phu. This victory by the Vietminh signaled the end of French influence in Veitnam. This also led to Veitnam being divided at the 17th parallel.
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Knowing that the popular communist leader, Ho Chi Minh would probably win the election to unite Vietnam, Diem didn't participate in the election.
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Frustrated with how Diem was leading the South Vietnamese, the U.S. supported a coup that toppled Diem from his seat of power and they later killed him too.
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The U.S. millitary began its first offensive in Veitnam by bombing North Vietnamese targets to make their capibilities to wage war against the states less effective.
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A company of American soldiers brutally killed the majority of the population of the South Vietnamese village of My Lai. It is believed that as many as 500 people including women, children and the elderly were killed in the massare.
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Nixon wins the 1968 election promising the public to get the U.S. out of the conflict in Veitnam.
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North Veitnamese troops marched into the South's presidential palace and forced to surrender of the South Veitnamese to the North.
