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The Early history of vietnam war 1958

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North Vietnam invaded Laos. The us senat 2,000 military advisors to support the South's government

French colonization of Vietnam. 1884–85

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France obtained control over northern Vietnam following its victory over China

Communist takeover of Vietnam. 1945-75.

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Communist forces ended the war by seizing control of South Vietnam in 1975

north leader

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The North was under the full control of the Worker's Party, or Vietnamese Communist Party, led by Ho Chi Minh

south leader

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Ngô Đình Diệm was the President of South Vietnam from 1955 until his assassination in 1963.

Viet Cong

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The Vietnamese Communists, or Vietcong, were the military branch of the National Liberation Front (NLF), and were commanded by the Central Office for South Vietnam there goal was to to overthrow the South Vietnamese government and reunify North and South Vietnam as a single communist state

american intervention

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3,500 United States Marines came ashore at Da Nang as the first wave of U.S. combat troops into South Vietnam. The USA was afraid that communism would spread to South Vietnam and then the rest of Asia

My Lai Massacre

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“Rusty” Calley, Jr., and his platoon murdered as many as 500 unarmed Vietnamese civilians no mater the age or gender it was infact a war crime . he surved 10 years prison then 3 years house arrest for the murders.

Tet Offensive

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The Tet Offensive was a major escalation and one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War. it was one of the longest bloodist battles 50,000 communist troops were took out.

The 3 U.S. presidents that impacted the war.

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Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon

The end of the war, and what followed.

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U.S. forces withdrew in 1973 and Vietnam unified under Communist control two years later.ended in more of a stale mate.