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The French are who the Vietnamese rise up against in the Vietnam war
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Ho Chi Minh was the founder of this group and the group is responsible for groups such as the Viet Minh.
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When President Roosevelt died, Harry Truman then stepped in as President of the United States. Truman had to step in as President at a very stressful, high-stakes time in history. He was signed off on the bombings in Japan and declared war against North Korea.
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Ho Chi Minh announces Vietnam's independence on this day. Dien Bien Phu fell to the Vietnamese after a 4 month battle.
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When France participates in the Peace Talks in Geneva, Vietnam was split into North and South.
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Weapons and men from North Vietnam are beginning to make their way into the South. American aid and number of military advisors in the South also rise.
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The U.S. claims that North Vietnamese patrol boats fire on U.S. Navy boats. The Gulf of Tonkin pushed the U.S. to join the Vietnam War.
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The U.S. sends 200,000 troops to South Vietnam.
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The Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army came together and killed thousands of U.S. troops.
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Richard Nixon was the President for a large part of the Vietnam War and eventually called to reduce the ground troops in Vietnam.
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As opposition to the war rises in the U.S. at this same time, Nixon decides to reduce ground troops in Vietnam.
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A cease-fire was signed in Paris that would bring peace to Vietnam, end all U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War and temporarily stop fighting between North and South Vietnam. Link text
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The North Vietnamese invade and take over the south after South Vietnamese President Duong Van Minh surrenders
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After having initially invading Cambodia in 1979, Vietnamese troops withdrawal.
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After upholding it for about 30 years, the U.S.lifts their trade embargo on Vietnam.
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