A Vietnam War Timeline [Note: This timeline is an abbreviated version of the more detailed timeline posted on the Public Broadcasting Systems "Vietnam Online" section of The American Experience.] 1945 Ho Chi Minh Creates Provisional Government:   Following the surrender of Japan to Allied forces, H

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The History Place - Vietnam War 1965-1968 The Vietnam War The Jungle War 1965 - 1968 1965 January 20, 1965 - Lyndon B. Johnson takes the oath as president and declares, "We can never again stand aside, prideful in isolation. Terrific dangers and troubles that we once called "foreign" now constantly live

  By Professor Robert K. Brigham, Vassar College The Second Indochina War, 1954-1975, grew out of the long conflict between France and Vietnam. In July 1954, after one hundred years of colonial rule, a defeated France was forced to leave Vietnam. Nationalist forces under the direction of General Vo Nguyen Giap tr

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