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Japan handed Vietnam to the Vietminh which declared the
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
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Japan handed Vietnam to the Vietminh; Ho Chi Minh declared the
Democratic Republic of Vietnam (September); French troops arrived back in Vietnam
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Samuels, Charlie. Timeline of the Vietnam War. New York: Gareth Stevens, 2012. Print.
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Americans discuss helping the French in indochina. Giap defeated the French force based there and a ceasefire was agreed at Geneva that split Vietnam at the 17th Parallel
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US President Kennedy pledged extra aid to South Vietnam
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Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas
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First US combat troops were sent to Vietnam ; first major conventional clash between USA and NVA at Ia Drang
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Nixon ordered the secret bombing of Cambodia
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President Ho Chi Minh of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam dies of a heart attack in Hanoi
"Ho Chi Minh Dies." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 10 May 2015. -
National Guardsmen open fire on protesting students at Kent State University
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A cease-fire agreement is signed in Paris
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