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vietnamese communist, ho chi minh stired up nationalist feelings.
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vietnam declared its independence
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french warships opened fire on the port city of haiphong, killing some 6000 vietnamese civilians
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thousands of US soldiers had already died in korea trying to halt the spread of communism
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the US was paying 80% of the cost of the war in indochina
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began when the viet minh launched a surprise attack on a large french military base at dien bien phu
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the viet minh finally overran the french base
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the french and viet minh signed the agreement: stopping the fight and vietnam was temporarily split along the 17th parallel
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the US used its influence to put an anticommunist south vietnamese leade, ngo dinh diem in charge
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he then declared himself president of south vietnam
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the viet minh formed a group called the national liberation front and invited all opponents of diem to join
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became president and sent an inspection team to south vietnam to evaluate the situation
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at a buddhist rally opposing diemś policies, south vietnamese police killed nine demonstrators
