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Ho Chi Minh declared independence when Japan formally surrended to the allies.
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after the deaths of the french and the war debt started to pile up, the u.s sent aid and money to indochina to help fight communism. $10 million in 1950 to more than $100 million in 1951
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mountains of northern vietnam. they had base surrounded. by april, more than 12,00 french soldiers at Dien Bien Phu were about to give up.
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possibly unify Korea and restoring peace in indochina. seperated vietnam into two zones, north and south.
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several monks protested publicly by setting themselves on fire. Kennedy realized that Diem failed as a leader.