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Battle of Dien Bien Phu
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Viet Minh forces defeat the French - the loss of 14,000 men in this battle encouraged France to withdraw from Vietnam. -
United States CIA officer meets with VietnamesE Prime Minister, Ngo Dinh Diem
CIA officer and Diem The Saigon Military Mission involving the United States CIA was part of the effort to help Diem get control of the south part of Vietnam. -
France signs Geneva Accords
1954 Geneva Convention delegatesThe list of items France agreed to made the United States concerned about the spread of communism in Vietnam. -
French leave Vietnam
French FlagFrench Command ends in Indochina, giving more power to the local people. -
Revolution
Ho chi Minh trys to unite Vietnam under his own rule, sparking the 2nd Indochina War. -
American Blood
Viet Minh guerrillasThe first american casualties (2 military advisors) were killed in Bien Hoa, by Viet Minh guerrillas. -
Infiltrate South Vietnam
4000 Viet Minh guirillas were sent to the south. -
National Liberation Front
Hanoi organizes Comunist political Party in Viet Cong. -
U.S. Sends Troops
Jfk and U.S. did not want communism to spread.Kennedy is inaugurated President, and sends 400 American Green Berets to Vietnam. The plan is to train South Vietnamese soldiers to fight the guerrillas. -
Bhuddist Monk burns in protest
Thich Quang DucThich Quang Duc committed suicide by burning himself in public, protesting the way the givernment in south Vietnam was persecuting Bhuddists. This woke up the world to what was going on in Vietnam. -
Assasination of Diem
Kennedy and his advisors discussing the fall of DiemSouth Vietnamese officers assasinate Diem and establish their own government. This led Kennedy and his advisors to start dicussing what the US response was going to be. -
US protests against Vietnam War
America protests the war100,000 Americans make their voices heard in protest against violence in Vietnam. Americans were showing that they were not willing to be a part of somebody else's war. -
US bombs Vietnam
US Bombs VietnamUS began bombing Vietnam, forcing Vietnam to re-consider the peace talks -
Vietnam signs peace agreement with US
Paris Peace AccordsUS and Vietnam sign a peace agreement ending the war -
US Leaves Vietnam
US troops withdrawn from VietnamThe last US troops leave Vietnam, and the war is over.
