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Norh Vietnam invade Laos in order to establish an invasion route to South Vietnam
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LBJ visists Ngo Dinh Diem and declares him an ally of the U.S.
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In order to preserve U.S. Credibility and claim a victory over communism, Kennedy decides to aid Northern Vietnam in communist resistance
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U.S. employs a herbicide, agent ornage, to render roads in vietnam useless
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Vietcong forces defeat a much larger southern vietnam force which suggested that Ngo Dinh Diem was incompetent
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Southern Vietnamese soldiers fire upon Buddhist as a result of government policies
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Buddhist monks held demonstrations of self immolations in South Vietnam. U.S. starts do separate itself from Diem.
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AVRN forces, loyal to Diem, raided Buddhist Pagodas, killing hundreds
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John Kennedy withdraws 1,000 troops from vietnam
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The united states "allows" Ngo Dinh Diem to be executed in a coup along with his brother
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LBJ is elected president
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LBJ overturns Kennedy's withdrawl policy by expanding the war
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Johnson sanctions covert operations to sabotage an already weak southern vietnam economy and to secure northern vietnam
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By the end of 1963, there are 16,000 military personel in vietnam
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U.S. and South Vietnam forces learn of a Vietcong attack and desperately need forces to fend off the incoming attack
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5,000 troops are sent to vietnam
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Hostile Northern Vietnam forces attack U.S. ships sitting in the Gulf of Tonkin
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Vietcong organized attacks on Vietnam which lead to over 200 U.S. casualties
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Sustained bombing of North Vietnam started by america
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U.S. troops land in Vietnam
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A war debate is held in Washington D.C. with Radio and T.V. coverage
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The first sit in of the war takes place at the university of michigan
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Johnson offered economic aid to northern vietnam if military action was halted
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Anti- U.S. demonstration leads to Break in at the U.S. embassy in Budapest Hungary
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Rendered 2 South Vetnam batallions inneffective
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30,000 people attend a teach in at berkely
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Vietcong attack neutralizes the best airborne batallion in South Vietnam
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LBJ makes the decision to escalate the Vietnam war
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Protesters in Oakland, California end a protest in order to avoid confrontation with the police
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The first major military action by the U.S. when over 5,000 marines destroyed a Vietcong base
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Non communist forces held a 3 and a half day ceasefire as part as a physchological warfare tactic
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U.S. soldiers and Vietnamese soldiers combine to launch several succesful search and destroy missions in amphibious missions as well as ground missions
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In a new york Protest 200 draft cards are burned
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300,000 people protest in New York and California
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114 U.S. soldiers are killed in Que Son valley
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It is announced that communist are no longer able to compose a significant offense to combat non-communist forces
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North Vietnamese and Vietcong combine to attack South vietnamese towns/cities
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U.S. soldiers attack civilians in the town of Mai Lai
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Johnson announces that he is stepping down as president and not running for re-election
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Paris Peace accord talks begin
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Richard Nixon is elected president
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over half a million soldiers in Vietnam
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The U.S. secretly starts bombing cambodia
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President Nixon begins the withdrawl of U.S. troops
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The largest anti-war demonstration takes place in Washington D.C.
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Ho Chi Minh a key figure in the Vietcong dies at age 79 in Hanoi, Vietnam
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US troops enter Cambodia under President Nixon's orders
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4 students are killed protesting the Vietnam War
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The united states invaded Laos as a strategic cover for the withdrawl of U.S. forces
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Northern Vietnamese forces attack Southern Vietnam
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The Paris Peace Accords are signed which ends U.S. involvement and a temporary stop to the fighting between North and South Vietnam
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Northern Vietnam Launches an series of attacks on South Vietnam
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South Vietnam Surrenders after Northern Vietnamese forces capture Saigon, Vietnam
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The socialist republic of vietnam is formed