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Vietnam is free from Indonesia
vietnam was part of french indonesia until world war ll was over -
vietnan declared independence
vietnam declared its independence the same day that japan surrendered -
french launched an attack on viet minh
french warchips killed some 6000 vietnamese when they opened fire on the city haiphong -
aid rose
aid rose from 10 million to 100 million from 1950 to 1951 -
viet minh surprise attack
in the mountains of northern vietnam a french military base was stationed when viet minh launched a surprise attack -
Geneva Accords was signed
the french and viet minh signed it and the fighting stopped and vietnam was split along the 17th parallel -
viet minh overran the french base
the battle of Dien Bien Phu ended and when viet minh beat the french it shattered the french's morale -
Ngo Dinh Diem declared himself president of south vietnam
Ho Chi Minh was likely to win so Diem blocked national vote and rejected the Geneva Accords -
National Liberation Front formed
formed by the viet minh the National Liberation Front. referred to as Viet Cong for communism even when most of the members werent communist -
Buddhist Rally
Buddhist rally opposing Diems polices, south vietnamamese police killed 9 demonstrators. -
LBJ responds
after the viet cong attacked a U.S air base in the south. LBJ responds by ordering the hbombing of barracks and military staging areas north of the 17th parallel. -
johnson Americanizes the war
3500 U.S marines waded ashore at a beach near Da Nang. south vietnam. this is the first time the U.S combat troops had set foot in vietnam.
