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Dwight D. Eisenhower elected

JFK elected

Lyndon B Johnson elected

Gerald ford elected then out of office in 1977

Louis st laurent elected

John Diefenbaker

Lester B Pearson elected

Pierre Trudeau elected

Joe clark

Pierre Trudeau elected

en septembre, ho est mort

Nixon a commencer le retrait des soldats.

Nixon announced that 150 000 soldiers, now 265 000 soldiers would leave vietnam.

Cambodien prince is replaced by prime minister that favored US presence

australian and new zealand troops called from vietnam. reduction to 196 000 troops.

only 45 000 troops in vietnam

during electoral campane, vietnam dubbed most important problem

treaty signed by both parties-october

treaties of paris returned vietnam to peace-jan 27 US had 60 days to leave Vietnam.

all americans leave vietnam -april 30

communists of vietnam enter saigon. An assault tank of the 324 division ram doors of the independant palace and rose the vietnam flag for the first time.

Richard Nixon is elected

Khmer rouge invite viet minh d'aider leur mouvement. Nixon a repondu d'envoyer les forces ariennes a cambodge et laos. Causer manifestations.

second world war france occupied by germans

Battle of dien bien fu

Nguyen Van Thieu is president of south

vietnam and french in war

geneve peace treaty

National front of liberation (viet cong) is formed.

Cuban missile crisis-october

to 1963- about 40 000 communists from north vietnam entered south through ho's trail with intent of imbalancing the government.

Les soldat de diem attaquent les pagodes bouddhistes au sud, et cia et generaux planifie l'assasination de diem

Diem and brother are assasinated -2 Nov

JFK is assassinated -22 Nov

American base pleiku is attacked by viey minh-7 feb.

counter offensive to Pleiku = called operation flaming dart. "Rolling thunder"

3500 marines are deployed in the south. Start of the war for the Americans.

offensive tet by viet minh and cong