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Victory in Europe as Germany surrenders to the Russian army.
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The United States dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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The United States dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
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The Japanese surrendered bringing World War Two to an end.
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The Korean war began when North Korea invaded South Korea.
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the US says North Vietnamese patrol boats fire on two US Navy destroyers. US Congress approves Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorising military action in region.
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a combined assault by Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese army on US positions - begins. More than 500 civilians die in the US massacre at My Lai. Thousands are killed by communist forces during their occupation of the city of Hue.
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President Nixon begins to reduce US ground troops in Vietnam as domestic public opposition to the war grows.
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North Vietnamese troops invade South Vietnam and take control of the whole country after South Vietnamese President Duong Van Minh surrenders.
