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nationalist movements emerged in Vietnam, wanting increased self-governance and less French influence
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japan surrenderd at the end of world war 2
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Ho Chi Minh’s forces took the capital of Hanoi and declared Vietnam to be independent
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viet men beat french colonial army at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu
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diem took over south vietnams goverment with us assictiance
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the South Vietnam monarchy was abolished
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U.S. president John F. Kennedy sent “military advisors” to Vietnam to train the South Vietnamese army
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the last of the us left vietnam
