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vietnam was part of french indonesia until world war ll was over
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vietnam declared its independence the same day that japan surrendered
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french warchips killed some 6000 vietnamese when they opened fire on the city haiphong
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aid rose from 10 million to 100 million from 1950 to 1951
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in the mountains of northern vietnam a french military base was stationed when viet minh launched a surprise attack
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the french and viet minh signed it and the fighting stopped and vietnam was split along the 17th parallel
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the battle of Dien Bien Phu ended and when viet minh beat the french it shattered the french's morale
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Ho Chi Minh was likely to win so Diem blocked national vote and rejected the Geneva Accords
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formed by the viet minh the National Liberation Front. referred to as Viet Cong for communism even when most of the members werent communist
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Buddhist rally opposing Diems polices, south vietnamamese police killed 9 demonstrators.
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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.
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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.
