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Ho Chi Minh lends a hand in forming the Communist Party and the sounds of change are starting to be heard around the world. (Picture)
http://karlomongaya.wordpress.com/2013/10/30/verses-from-ho-chi-minhs-prison-diaries/ (Info)
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Japan invades and occupies Vietnam, which leads to the formation of the Vietnamese Freedom Fighters and the beginning of Vietnam's war effort. (Picture)
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?154715-Japan-in-the-Great-War (Info)
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The Geneva Accords creates a cease-fire for the peaceful withdrawal of the French Colonial government from Vietnam and provides a temporary boundary between North and South Vietnam at the 17th parallel. (Picture)
http://www.historycentral.com/asia/GenevaAccords.html (Info)
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South Vietnam declares itself the Republic of Vietnam, with Ngo Dinh Diem as president. (Picture)
http://battlefield.wikia.com/wiki/Army_of_the_Republic_of_Vietnam (Info)
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The Viet Cong is established in South Vietnam and became the military arm of the National Liberation Front (NLF). (Info)
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/628305/Viet-Cong-VC (Picture)
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Thich Quang Duc, a Buddhist monk from Vietnam, burned himself to death at a busy intersection in downtown Saigon, Vietnam protesting the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government led by Ngô Đình Diệm. (Info)
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South Vietnam gets a blow when the President ,Ngo Dinh Diem, is executed during a coup . (Picture)
http://www.biography.com/people/ngo-dinh-diem-39809 (Info)
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North Vietnamese attack two U.S. ships sitting in international waters. In response, the United States Government passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which was a joint resolution of Congress that gave President Lyndon Johnson authority to increase U.S. involvement in the Vietnam war. (Picture)
http://blogs.fas.org/sciencewonk/2013/04/avoiding-needless-wars-part-2-the-second-gulf-of-tonkin-incident/ (Info)
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A continued U.S. aerial bombing campaign of North Vietnam and the Ho Chi MinhTrail. (Picture)
http://veitnamproject.wikispaces.com/Operation+Rolling+Thunder+1965 (Info)
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The first U.S. troops arrive in Vietnam. (Picture)
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/From-The-Archives-First-U-S-troops-sent-to-3248853.php (Info)
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The North Vietnamese join forces with the Viet Cong to launch the Tet Offensive, attacking around 100 South Vietnamese cities on a day that was supposed to be a ceasefire for the Tet holiday. (Picture)
http://www.ushistory.org/us/55c.asp (Info)
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U.S. troops kill hundreds of Vietnamese civilians in the town of Mai Lai. This becomes a stain in American history that later ends in a shunning of U.S. troops when they return home after the war. (Picture)
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/learning_history/vietnam/vietnam_mylai.cfm (Info)
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Communist leader Ho Chi Minh dies at age 79. (Picture)
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/on-this-day--ho-chi-minh-dies-151538625.html (Info)
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President Nixon announces that U.S. troops will attack enemy locations in Cambodia. This news sparks nationwide protests, especially on college campuses since most Americans do not want to be included in this war. (Picture)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon (Info)
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Some of the Pentagon Papers are published in The New York Times. (Picture)
http://topsecretplay.org/the-newspapers/newspapersimage002/ (Info)
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The North Vietnamese cross the demilitarized zone at the 17th parallel to attack South Vietnam beginning the South's downfall. (Picture)
http://www.sdpb.sd.gov/EducationalServicesGuide/etvprograms/tctp.asp (Info)
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The Paris Peace Accords are signed to provide a cease-fire. This also helps get the United States out of the war by cutting U.S. military involvment. (Picture)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Peace_Accords (Info)
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North Vietnam launches a massive assault on South Vietnam hoping to break down the last defenses and end the war once and for all. (Picture)
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/08/how-rest-world-views-american-military (Info)
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South Vietnam finally surrenders to the communists in the north. (Picture)
http://www.archives.com/genealogy/newspapers-vietnam-war.html (Info)
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The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C is presented to the people of the United States. Beocmes a great tribute to the vetrans of the Vietam war. (Picture)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_Veterans_Memorial (Info)
http://history1900s.about.com/od/vietnamwar/a/vietnamtimeline.htm
