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Vietnam got free of French Indochina
Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos where in a french colony -
Japan Surrendered
Japan had gave up to the Allies -
Truman Chooses Sides in the First Indochina War
French warships opened fire on the port city of Haiphong -
Soldiers Died
Thousands of solders died in Korea trying to halt the spread of communism -
Geneva Peace Conference Splits Vietnam in two
the french and Viet Minh signed the Geneva Accords -
Eisenhower Considers Increased American Involment
The Viet Minh finally overran the French base, ending the battle of Bien Phu and shattering french morale. -
Kennedy opposed US military intervention to help French
Kennedy offered his own version of the domino theory -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident Riles the U.S.
Regular units of the North Vietnamese Army began heading the south along its route to the Ho Chi Minh Trail -
National Liberation
The Viet Minh made a group called the National Liberation to invite all opponents of Diem -
Kennedy Tries to Prop Up South Vietnam
Kennedy became president -
Johnson Inherits the Vietnam Problem
Lyndon B. Johnson expressed his ambivalent feeling about Vietnam to an adviser
