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Vietnam War Timeline |
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1010 |
The Ly dynasty and the Chinese
are repelled |
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1226 |
Tran dynasty |
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1288 |
The Mongols are defeated
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1887 |
Creation of the Indochina
Union |
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1932 |
Bao Dai, the last emperor,
begins his reign |
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1940 |
Invasion of Indochina by Japan |
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1941 |
Ho Chi Minh takes power |
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1945 |
Ho Chi Minh declares
independence in Hanoi |
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1955 |
Ho Chi Minh declares
independence in Hanoi |
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1959 |
The communist party starts
military operations in the South and construction of
the Ho Chi Minh trail begins
Major Dale Buis and Master
Sargeant Chester M. Ovnand become the first
Americans to die in the Vietnam War during the
guerilla strike at Bienhoa
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1960 |
Vietcong Formed (National
Liberation Front for South Vietnam) |
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1961 |
Vice President Johnson Tours
Saigon
President Kennedy increases US military aid to South
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1973 |
US military withdraw |
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1975 |
Viet Cong troops enter Saigon |
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1976 |
The Socialist Republic of
Vietnam is officially proclaimed |