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independence
Ho Chi Minh announces Vietnam´s independence quoting the US declaration. -
warship
french warships open fire on the port city of Haiphong -
veit minh surprise attack
the decisive battle of the war began.viet minh launched a surprise attack on a large french military base at dien bien phu -
eisenhower waning
eisenhower warned that if vietnam fell to communism, the rest of southeast asia would topple like a ¨row of dominoes¨ -
Kennedy
He offered his own version of the domino theory -
viet minh group
the viet minh formed a group called the national liberation front and invited all opponents of diem to join -
diem losing everything
at a buddhist rally opposing diems policies, south vietnamese police killed nine demonstrators -
americanizes the war
about 3,500 U.S. marines waded ashore at a beach near da nang, south vietnam -
U.S. Marines
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. -
Soldiers
Nearly half a million Americans were serving in Vietnam, and more were streaming into the country
