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The Vietnam War- America\'s longest war!
(1961-1971)
Timepoints:
1. 1945/46 Civil war between North and South-Vietnam
1.1 Capitulation of the South
1.2 Establishment of the Socialistic republic of Vietnam
2. 1959 the USA supported the South ( Weapons, money ...)
3. 2-4. 8.1964 Tongking Incident (Two vientnamese U-Boots attacked american troop) The war beetween America and Vietnam became thus seriously)
3.1 1964 the USA is scared about the expansion of communism
4. 1965 the USA send soldiers to Vietnam and started bombardmends
5. 1969 the USA reinforced their attacks and send 540000 soldiers
6. 27.1 1973 ceasefire between the USA and Vietnam
Vocabulary:
splitting- ausspalten
establishment- Einführung
support- unterstützen
weapons- Waffen
scared- aufgeschreckt
expansion- Ausdehnung (Erweiterung)
thus- dadurch
reinforce- verstärkt
ceasefire- Feuereinstellung
Incident- Zwischenfall
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