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The formerly independent VIetnam was annexed by Ming China.
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Treaty between France and Vietnam which recognized the French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin.
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Japan invaded Vichy-French controlled Indo-China, which included Vietnam.
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British-Indian and French troops fight the Viet Minh and restore French rule in South Vietnam.
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The Viet Minh recieve weapons and military advice from their new ally, China.
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The French are decisevely defeated at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu.
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The U.S., Britain, China, the U.S.S.R., France and members of both sides of Vietnam attend. They all want to negotiate a solution for Southeast Asia.
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Many of Ba Cuts followers join the Viet Cong.
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American military advisors to South Vietnam were killed.
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This was the first time U.S. forces participated in major combat in the Vietnam War.
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South Vietnamese president Ngo Dunh Diem is executed in a coup.
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North Vietnamese attack two U.S. destroyers in international waters.
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Lyndon Johnson orders retalitory U.S. airstrikes against the Vietcong, escalating the conflict.
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Pres. Johnson authorizes the deployment of more U.S. soldiers to Vietnam.
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First antiwar SDS march draws thousands to Washington D.C.
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North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launch the Tet Offensive, attacking around 100 South Vietnamese towns.
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Nixon orders the secret bombing of Cambodia and also starts Vietnamization, or giving the South Vietnamese more responsibility and withdrawing U.S. troops.
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The Ohio National Guard fires on unarmed anti-war college students.
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Martial law is declared in Poland as people riot over food.
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Five hundred thousand people in Washington and 125,000 in San Francisco march in protest against the Vietnam War.
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North Vietnam launches what is known in the U.S. as the Easter Offensive, in an attempt to capture a Southern Province. American and the South repel the attack.
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U.S. involvment in the war officially ends with the signing of the Paris Peace Accords.
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With the U.S. out of the picture the North Vietnamese attack the South.
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The South Vietnamese Government is unable to stop the Northern Advance and the city of Saigon is taken. All of Vietnam is now practically in Communist control.
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