Vietnam War
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Wurde aktualisiert: 12 Dez 2017
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Napoleon takes Saigon in VietnamVietnam is conquered by France and it becomes a colonyThe US, already in Vietnam,
begins their controversial involvement
with the war.The French lose
control of Vietnam
to the Northern
Vietnamese.Geneva Conference splits
North Vietnam and South Vietnam.US Involvement in the war ends when the US signs a peace treaty with N. VietnamPresident Eisenhower pledges support for South VietnamBy 1957, Viet Cong (North Vietnam) starts fighting back.JFK is advised to send more troops to fight.35,000 people protest the war outside of the White HouseNorthern Vietnam launches the Tet Offensive, surprising the US forcesUS forces slaughter 400 innocent people in My Lai, causing more protestsThe largest protest with 250,000 people happens in Washington D.C.National Guardsmen in Kent State University shot and killed 4 students.Northern Vietnam forces take SaigonVietnam is unified as the Socialist Republic of VietnamPerioden
Vietnam War
(Second Indochina
War)Cold War
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