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The French want to re-establish themselves.
U.S. bank rolls French war effort, making Ho one of our prime enemies. -
Japan takes over Vietnam. American soldiers fight aside Ho Chi Minh.
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Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnamese independence.
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Indo China is divided into North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia
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U.S. becomes primary allie of South Vietnamese state.
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John F. Kennedy is elected president.
Major escalation of U.S. forces in South East Asia, moving America closer to Vietnam war. -
President John F. Kennedy is assasinated.
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Lyndon B. Johnson takes office. He escalates the Vietnam War.
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LBJ over simplified a small attack on U.S. forces and gets the vote from congress to escalate U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
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Over 80,000 U.S. ccombat troops are in South Vietnam
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Enemies use tet new year to launch suprise attack on U.S. and South Vietnamese forces.
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Presidential election. Richad Nixon becomes 37th president.
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Invasion of Cambodia in 1970 and the leak of pentagon papers in 1971 made war in Vietnam more and more unpopular among American people.
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Paris Peace Accords were signed to restore peace and end direct U.S. military involvment in Vietnam.
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Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam decided to liberate South Vietnam.
