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The United States opposed colonialism when France had asked the US for help when the Vietminh fought back against French-dominated regime and slowly gained control of large areas of the country. -
On May 7th 1954 the French forces fell to the Vietminh,which resulted in the French withdrawing from indochina to make peace
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The resulting in the geneva accords provided a temporary division of Vietnam along the17th parallel.The accords called for an election mid 1950s which Diem refused to permit.
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when JFK began his presidency he still supported the South Vietnam as they were not a communist country And troops were sent 1961-1963 the number of US personel jumped from 2,000 to 15,000 -
when things got worse in North Vietnam as buddhists set themselves of fire in a way of protests, A US ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge went to Vietnam and learned several Vietnameese generals were plotting to overthrow Diem. After creating a military coup Diem had been executed.
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After 3 weeks Diem was executed JFK had been assassinated.Which gave presidency over to Lyndon B. Johnson. -
By the end of 1965 more than 180,000 U.S. combat troops were fighting in Vietnam. The number had doubled in 1966.
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American troops tried to find their enemy troops,bomb their positions,destroy their supply lines and force them out into the open for combat. American Planes dropped napalm and Agent orange.
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is a chemcal that strips leaves from trees and shrubs turning farmland into wasteland. This option messed with people physically and can be passed down genetically of different mutations. -
A trail North Vietnam troops were sent on to fight that went through Cambodia, and Laos bypassing the border between North and South Vietnam.