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Pres Eisenhower claims that one communist country leads to more on a nationwide broadcast.
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US Urge South Vietnam leader to refuse the reunification elections. Diem agrees and Vietnam remains divided.
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The US successfully remove Diem from power ending his reign of terror over the Buddhists but opening the window for corrupt military officials. Diem is killed.
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The Gulf of Tonkin incident draws the US into the Vietnam conflict and US begins active warfare against Northern forces.
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US airforce begins carrying out bombings on the Northern forces in the Operation Rolling Thunder which targeted key North cities and industrial centers.
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Anti War protests break out at the National Democratic Convention over human rights violations such as My Lai and govt lies.
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Saigon, capital of the South, falls to Northern forces just days after the US forces depart from their embassy.