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Dien Bien Phu is overrun by the vietminh
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Geneva accord is signed
the Geneva accord temporarily separated Vietnam into north or south -
SDS founded
Students for a Democratic Society is a student activist movement that fought for democratic rights and was one of the first representatives of the New Left -
US involvement in Vietnam begins
The US claimed the north Vietnamese ships fired at US ships but it was really us who fired first -
Gulf of Tonkin resolution
This gave the president the power to put troops down in a country without having an official declaration of war from congress -
Troop levels are increased to 50,000
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US troops increased to 160,000
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Operation Rolling Thunder begins
a series of aerial bombardments by the US on North Vietnam in attempt to destroy infrastructure and boost morale of the South Vietnam people -
US troops increased to 500,000
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Protest at Democratic Convention
Tens of thousands of Vietnam War protesters battle police in the streets. -
Tet offensive begins
A coordinated series of North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam -
My Lai massacre
violent killing of 500 innocent Vietnamese civilians by US troops -
Tet offensive ends
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Richard Nixon wins presidential election
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Vietnamization is introduced
The US policy of withdrawing its troops and training troops in south Vietnam to fight without their aid -
Invasion of Cambodia
The invasion was meant to block the North Vietnamese supply lines and bomb the Viet Cong base camps in Cambodia -
Fall of Saigon
the capturing of the South Vietnam capital by the north and the end of the Vietnam war.
