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FIrst Indochina war between French Unions Far East Expeditionary corps and Viet Minh communist-nationalist revolutionaries.
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Brought end to Indochina war. Ceasefire was signed by the French, ending the Indochina war
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First combat troops waded ashore at China beach north of Da Nang.
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Republican nominee, former Vice President Richard Nixon won the election over democratic nominee, Vice President Hubert Humphrey on a campaign that promised to restore "law and order".
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Massacre of the Vietnam war mass killing of between 347 and 504 unarmed civilians
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Series of military operation conducted in eastern Cambodia by the US and the republic of Vietnam.
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People's army of Vietnam and National Liberation Front of South Vietnam capture Saigon, capital city of South Vietnam