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Very Beginning
France imposes an colonial system over Vietnam. The French lose control. -
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American involvement
President Eisenhower pledges support to south Vietnam. -
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Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Statement issued in 1964 in which U.S. destroyer ships had been sunk by North Vietnamese torpedoes in the Gulf of Tonkin a body of water located 30 miles off the coast of Vietnam. -
War protest in D.C.
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Fighting in Veitnam
More then 536,000 american troops were in Vietnam. -
The ground war
Guerilla warfare tactics were used by the Vietcong. -
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Was a supply route that passed through Laos and Cambodia. -
My lai massacre
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Paris Peace Accords
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Fall of Sigon
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Fall of Saigon