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Japan surrendered at the end of WW2,Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnam as the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and took over the capital of Hanoi.
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Geneva Accords of 1954, claimed a cease-fire ,which declared the division of Vietnam; which became North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
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Diem took over South Vietnam's government, with the help of the U.S. He canceled the up coming elections.
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The Vietnam War began, do to Ho Chi Minh wanting to speard communism.
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By the Geneva Accords, in 1956 Vietnam was supposed to be reunifed and have free elections.
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More U.S. troops were stationed in Vietnam, to help South Vietnam stop North Vietnam from spreading communism and taking over the south.
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The Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army launched a campaign called the Tet Offensive which attacked about thirty U.S. targets and many targets in South Vietnam.
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By 1969, more than 500,000 U.S. troops were stationed in Vietnam.
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U.S. troops were taken out of Vietnam in 1973.
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South Vietnam was completly invaded by North Vietnam in 1975.
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Vietnm War ended and South Vietnam became communist along with North Vietnam.
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In Washington,DC; the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall was dedicated to the soliders in the Vietnam War.
