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France declared Vietnam as a free state in their union, Vietnam later attacks France.
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The United States sends approximately 15million dollars to France to assist them.
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The Indochina War never really ended, it more just turned into the Vietnam War. Geneva Convention Agreements were not agreed by U.S.
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The Vietnam war began after the rise of the Communist power in North Vietnam.
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John F. Kennedy (JFK) was elected president becoming the 35th President of the United States.
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The President of the Republic of Vietnam was assassinated as well as his brother and led to the end of the alliance between him and the U.S.
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JFK was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas.
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The U.S. destroyer the USS Maddox was patroling when three Vietnamese torpedo boats attacked the ship.
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Lyndon B. Johnson and South Vietnam resolved the incident of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
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Gradual and continuous aerial bomb campain.
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The main goal of this operation was to destroy the iron triangle.
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The Operation ended with many deaths (most Vietnamese) and great strides in breaking the iron triangle.
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LBJ speaks out about not running for re-election.
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There were many complaints about the operation and therefore there were many hearings on it; the operation then ended.
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Richard Nixon is elected President becoming the 37th President of the United States.
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The Pentagon Papers were published in The New York Times revealing details about the Vietnam war to the public.
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The U.S. troops had been gradually lessening their involvement in the war until they were no longer involved. The war then ended with a North Vietnamese victory.
