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The French fail to retake indochina leading to their forces pulling out of Vietnam after the defeat at the battle of Dien Bien Phu. President Truman refused to send American forces in to help the French. Photo: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Victory_in_Battle_of_Dien_Bien_Phu.jpg
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Geneva Convention decided that Vietnam would be spilt at the 17th parallel for a short time until elections were held. This lead to the creation of two states that disliked each other. The elections never took place though. Photo:
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The South East Asia Treaty Organization was created to prevent South Vietnam and other South East Asian countries from falling under communist control. Photo:
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By 1963 the United States had around 16,000 troops stationed in Vietnam in non-combat support roles that was done under President Kennedy. Photo:
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North Vietnamese gun boats fired on to a US ship in the Gulf of Tonkin. This allowed President Lyndon Johnson to authorize US troops to now get involved in the Vietnam crisis. Photo:
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After an attack on the U.S. base at Pleiku the President authorized the expansion of US troops in Vietnam to save the government down in Saigon. It was the first actual fighting between US and Vietcong forces. Photo:
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By the end of 1967 the United States had around 485,000 troops stationed in the country trying to force back the Vietcong. Photo:
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The Vietcong led a massive surprise attack on American forces in South Vietnam with a large cost of life. US forces repelled and retook all territory lost to the Vietcong but was seen back in the United States as a political defeat. Photo:
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LBJ went on television to tell the American people he would not seek reelection and would try to find a peaceful ending to the war. Photo:
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Nixon becomes President in 1969 promising to pull the United States out of Vietnam but not make it look like the US was admitting defeat. Photo:
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US forces killed woman and children in the village of My Lai committing war crimes. This was later revealed to the public further fanning anti-war sentiment. Photo:
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Peace talks between all sides fail to reach an agreed to conclusion in Paris resulting in a deadlock. Photo:
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This doctrine basically said the US would support South East Asia in the might against communism but not with soldiers or man power. Photo:
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A named for a secret history of the war created by the US government. It revealed all the coverups and mistakes done by the US during the war. The release of these papers further outraged the US public against the Vietnam War. Photo:
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The US finally reached peace with North Vietnam and began its pull out of forces. Soon after the Vietcong invaded and took over all of Southern Vietnam turning it into one communist country. Photo:
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Newman, J. J., & Schmalbach, J. M. (2016). United States History: Preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination (3rd ed.). Perfection Learning.
