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Vietnam

  • Viet Minh

    Viet Minh

    the same day that Japan formally surrendered to the allies, vietnam declared its independence.
  • War Began

    War Began

    when the Viet Minh launched a surprise attack on a large French military base at Dien Bien , in the moutains of northern Vietnam.
  • Geneva

    Geneva

    in July 1954 the french and Viet Minh signed the Geneva Accords.
  • Vietnam

    Vietnam

    The Viet Minh finally overran the French base, ending the Battle of Dien Bien Phu and shettering French morale.
  • South Vietnam

    South Vietnam

    the United States used its influence to put an anticommunist South Vietnamese leader, Ngo Dinh Diem.
  • form groups

    form groups

    Viet Minh formed a group called the National Liberation Front and invited all opponents of Diem to join
  • Action

    Action

    in May 1963 at a Buddhist rall opposing Diem´s polies, South Vietnamese police killed nine demostrators
  • March 1964

    March 1964

    He asked the military to begin planning for the bombing of North Vietnam.
  • LBJ

    LBJ

    February 7, 1965, after the Viet Cong attacked a U.S. air base in south, LBJ responded by ordering the bombing of barracks
  • Marines Wait

    Marines Wait

    On March 8, 1965 about 3,500 U.S. marines waded ashore at a beach near Da Nang, South Vietnam.