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A group of guerillas led by a leader named Le Loi defeated Chinease forces and earned their independence.
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Vietnam loses their independence to France and gets forced to combine with Laos and Cambodia in order to form French Indochina. This formed one of France's richest colonial possessions.
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The Japanese army occupied all of Frech Indochina and Ho Chi Minh is given the opportunity to fight for Vietnam's independence once again.
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President Truman provided military forces to aid France in battle because he felt that assisting France would help to slow the spread of communism.
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China's communist government was aiding the Vietnam hoping to to limit U.S. influences in the region.
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Vietminh holds off the French by forcing their surrender in the war but they still fell to communism.
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The U.S. became a massive aid for the French in the war by paying for their fees in the war even though they were repeatedly losing.
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Diem takes power in south Vietnam and became a feared ruler because of his ruthless security and his practiced torture on opposed prisoners.
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The NLF is formed and the plan to overthrow DIem's government.
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The U.S. starts to aid South Vietnam in order to show its power to the world.
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Diem and his brother are both murdered by plotters and sadended the U.S. Three weeks later President Kennedy is assassinated.
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President Lyndon B. Johnson gives a personal announcement on national television stating that the U.S. would increase their involvement in the war in Vietnam.
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A bombing mission that was set in order to weaken the enemies will to fight. President Johnson wanted to assure South Vietnam's commitment to the United States.
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The SDS (Students for a Democratic Society) held antiwar movments around the country and held debates and rallies criticizing the development for the military.
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The SDS organized the first national antiwar demonstration and were able to get over 20,000 people involved.
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As South Vietnam and the U.S. allies celebrate, the Vietcong guerrillas and North Vietnamese troops attacked and many American troops lost their lives.
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President Nixon takes office. Nixon oredered a widespread bombing in Cambodia because he wanted to show Hanoi that the United States was still willing to use force.
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National Guard troops shot into a random group of students and killed 4 people.
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The funds for the troops were cut off in order to end the carrying out of the war.
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The U.S. volunteered to withdrawal their troops and help rebuild Vietnam.
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North Vietnamese troops overran the northern part of South Vietnam.
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South Vietnam surrenders to North Vietnam.
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NVA troops staged a major invasion of South Vietnam and President Nixon ordered a heavy bombing of North Vietnam.
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The New York Times started publishing a collection of secret government documents that related to the war and boosted the antiwar movement.
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