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Vietnamese communist creates a rise in nationalist feelings.
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Japan surrendered to Allies, Vietnam declared independence.
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French warships attacked city of Haiphong, murdering 6000 Vietnamese citizens.
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Aid of 10 million dollars in 1950, rose to 100 million in 1951 with USA donating 80% of the cost of war of Indochina (1954).
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Viet Minh surprise attacked French base in Dien Bien Phu.
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French and Viet Minh signed the agreement.
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Eisenhower warned that if Vietnam turned communist, the rest of Southeast Asia would too.
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The battle of Dien Bien Phu ended with Vietnam overrunning French base.
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USA influences elections and puts anticommunist, Ngo Dinh Diem, in charge.
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Ngo Dinh Diem blocked national vote and made himself president.
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According to the accords, national elections are done in 1956.
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Kennedy made his own version of the domino theory called "the cornerstone of the Free World in Southeast Asia, the keystone in the arch, the finger in the dike."
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Viet Minh made a group and invited all enemies of Diem to join.
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John F. Kennedy is elected, and he sent an investigation team to South Vietnam.
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Number of military advisers rose to 9,000.
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Rally led by Buddhist to oppose Diem. South Vietnamese police murdered 9 of them.
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Lyndon B. Johnson told an adviser that he doesn't think Vietnam is worth it.
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New opponent of LBJ says to be more active in war of Vietnam.
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Lyndon B. Johnson asks to start planning a bombing in Vietnam.
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North Vietnamese Army sets out south for war.
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North Vietnamese Army's boats attacked in response to raids.
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American Sailors Destroyer was being attacked, they never saw the enemy.
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LBJ asks Congress to strike via air, and allow him to make future threats.
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President Johnson sent 60,000 troops to Vietnam.
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Conflict in Vietnam changed, US took main responsibility.
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US combat soldiers were at 184,000 soldiers, it later grew to 385,000.
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Viet Cong attacked an airbase of USA in the south.
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3,500 marines ashore at beach around Da Nang, South Vietnam.
