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the vietnam war begins when france colonized the country. -
japan beat the french during war -
vietnam defeat the frech and president eisenhower warned the domino effect that could affect all of the southeast asia to communist rule. -
president johnson increased troops to 184k and u.s. troops in vietnam increased to 385k. -
marines held off 20,000 north vietnams for 77 days. the u.s left the base and north vietnam launched s many bombs that attacked south korea and part of u.s.embassy. u.s. troops then conquered hamburger hill in a battle -
civilians were reducing troops to 24k nixons policies created stagfltion. -
north vietnam overran saigon and south vietman surrendered the recession ended in march 1975