Ho Chi Minh helps find the IndoChinese Communist Party
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Vietnam War
1st Sep, 1940
Japan Invades Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh establishes the Viet Minh
Ho Chi Minh declares an independent Vietnam, called the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
The Viet Minh receive military advisors and weapons from China.
The United States pledges $15 million worth of military aid to France to help them fight in Vietnam.
The French suffer a decisive defeat at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu.
President Nixon announces that U.S. troops will attack enemy locations in Cambodia. This news sparks nationwide protests, especially on college campuses.
The North Vietnamese cross the demilitarized zone (DMZ) at the 17th parallel to attack South Vietnam in what became known as the Easter Offensive.
Vietnam is unified as a communist country, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.