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Ho Chi Minh announces Vietnam´s independence quoting the US declaration.
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french warships open fire on the port city of Haiphong
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the decisive battle of the war began.viet minh launched a surprise attack on a large french military base at dien bien phu
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eisenhower warned that if vietnam fell to communism, the rest of southeast asia would topple like a ¨row of dominoes¨
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He offered his own version of the domino theory
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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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at a buddhist rally opposing diems policies, south vietnamese police killed nine demonstrators
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about 3,500 U.S. marines waded ashore at a beach near da nang, south vietnam
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About 3,500 U.S. Marines waded ashore at a beach near Da Nang, South Vietnam.This was the first time U.S. combat troops had set foot in Vietnam.
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Nearly half a million Americans were serving in Vietnam, and more were streaming into the country
