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