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1945-1953

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Truman sent 35 military advisors to South Vietnam to assist in training and oversee the use of supplies

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1953-1961

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The Viet Minh defeats the French and seizes Dien Bien Phu

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- French soldiers left North Vietnam
- Vietnam was split in half at the 17th parallel
- An election decided the leaders for the North and South

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The ARVN was formed to watch over the Americans in Vietnam and protect from Northern attacks

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1961-1963

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- Relocated villages in South Vietnam to places where the US and the ARVN could watch over them
- A failure because civilians didn't like being moved

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- Bio-chemicals were dropped in Northern Vietnam, destroying the land (Agent Orange)
- Many people were injured and some land was permanently ruined
- Children born in affected areas experienced birth defects

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Kennedy sent the Green Berets into Vietnam to help combat the Viet Cong's guerrilla tactics

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- JFK is assassinated
- Diem, leader of Northern Vietnam and the Viet Cong, and his brother are killed in a coup

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1963-1969

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- Supposedley, Vietnamese ships destroyed US ships in the Gulf
- Johnson used this as an excuse to "join the war" even though were already looking for one

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The amount of men drafted was increased

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Declared the burning or destroying of drafts cards was illegal

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- First major combat action against the US and Northern Vietnam
- US claims victory because they lost 305 and Vietnam lost over 2000

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Over 8 million US bombs are dropped on North Vietnam

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- Largest, deadliest, and most controversial battle of the war
- PAVN bombed Khe Sanh, destroying 90% of their artillery bombs and part of the Ho Chi Minh Trail; this blocked weaponry flow into the North

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- North Vietnam attacked multiple major South Vietnamese cities
- Turned the war in the favor of the communists because of American and Southern losses

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- An entire village of about 500 people are killed by a US troop
- Another US troop spots them in a helicopter and arrests them

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- American bombs were dropped along the Cambodian and Vietnamese border
- ARVN thought they were at a disadvantage to the Viet Minh, so they started to bomb into Cambodia heavily to intimidate the North

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1969-1974

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- Nixon urges South Vietnam to slowly take on the responsibility of the war
- By 1971 the South Vietnamese were primarily responsible for the ground fighting

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- US protests after bombing campaign in Cambodia and Laos
- The ROTC building is burnt down
- 13 students are shot, and 4 die, by the National Guard on the campus

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- US begins a campaign in Cambodia with the help of Henry Kissinger
- Use of Cambodia for a transport of materials to Vietnam

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- Bombing campaign meant to disrupt the Ho Chi Minh Trail
- The US and the ARVN took major losses, so it is considered a loss

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The drafting of men into the Vietnam War was officially ended

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The US leaves Vietnam in 1973 and shortly after North Vietnam and the Viet Cong continue on into the South successfully

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- Viet Cong and PAVN forces capture the city of Saigon
- Many civilians forced to flee
- Marks the end of the Vietnam War