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Vietnam Indepedence
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The French take Indochina
In the early 1900's The French take over Indochina, which is modern Vietnam. -
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh starts fighting for independence for Vietnam. In the 1930s, he started the the Indochina Communist Party. They protested French rule. His followers ended in jail, and he left the country to aviod a dealth penalty. -
The Vietminh League
When WW2 began, Ho Chi Minh hoped for independence. When it wasn't given, he started the Vietminh League. After the war, the French turned to get back full control of French Indochina. -
The French Give Up
The French could never get full control over Vietnam, so they gave control of the country to Ho Chi Minh -
The Geneva Conference
After control of the country was given to Ho Chi Minh, the US got worryed. They held the Geneva Conference. It resulted in the country of Vietnam to be separted into 2, Ho Vhi Minh ruling th north, and the US the south. This started the Vietnamese War. -
The Vietnam War
The Vietnam War lasted from 1959-1975 with lots of fighting, and death. -
The End
After many years of fighting, the US surrdered to the North, and the last troops left Vietnam on April 30, 1975 at 8:35 am. the South fell over the communsim control of the North.
