Chapter 17 (1)

By cooper123098

  • Japan attacks viatnam

  • Ho Chi Minh returns to vietnam

  • Japan surrendered to the Allies

    Japan surrendered to the Allies in 1945, it gave up control of Indochina

  • French troops returned to Vietnam

    French troops returned to Vietnam in 1946 and drove the Vietminh into hiding.

  • When Buddhists protested in the streets, Diem’s police killed nine people.

  • French forces fell to the Vietminh

    The defeat convinced the French to make peace and withdraw from Indochina.

  • the Vietcong had established control over much of the countryside.

  • traditional religious flags for the Buddha’s birthday was banned

    When Buddhists protested in the streets, Diem’s police killed nine people.

  • Johnson again expanded American involvement by ordering a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam.

    That same month, he sent the first U.S. combat troops into Vietnam.

  • more than 180,000 U.S. combat troops were fighting in Vietnam.

    In 1966, that number doubled