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The French troops returned to Vietnam and drove the Vietminh into hiding
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The French forces fell to the Vietminh. The defeat convinced the French to make peace and withdraw from Indochina
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The account called for an election to reunite the country under a single government. Diem refused to permit the elections, however, feared Ho Chi Minh would win. Eisenhower approved of Diems actions and increased American aid to South Vietnam.
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The Vietcong had established control over much of the country side.
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When president Kennedy took office he continued to support South Vietnam believing the country was vital in the battle against communism -
The US ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge arrived in Vietnam. He learned that several Vietnamese generals were plotting to overthrow the unpopular Diem
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When Lodge expressed US sympathy for their cause the generals launched a military coup seizing power on November 1st 1963 -
Johnson announced that North Vietnamese torpedo boats that fired on two U.S destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin, Two days later he reported another attack. Insisting that these were unprovoked, he ordered American aircraft to attack North Vietnamese ships and navel facilities
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The passing of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.This authorized the president to "take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggressions.
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Johnson again expanded American involvement by ordering a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam. That same month he sent the first U.S. combat troops into Vietnam.