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Ho Chi Minh and creation of the Veit Minh
Ho Chi Minh was an organization that wanted to make Vietnam free. They fought against France to be free. This event started the domino effect because a new leader was going to be communist. -
The first Indochina war
It was also known as the French-Indochina War or the anti-French resistance war. It was a conflict between the French and the Viet Minh, and Ho Chi Minh and Vo Nguyen Giap led it. -
America aids France
America aids france by sending over milatray supplies, like planes, ammunition, and later on troops -
Domino Effect Theory
President Eisenhower invented the domino effect, a theory that if one country falls to communism, another country will fall along with it. -
The Geneva Accords
The Geneva Accords ended the First Indochina War, which led the forces to make peace in Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam -
use of agent orange
The use of Agent Orange was primarily used for defoliation and crop destruction. -
Diệm’s assassination
Ngô Đình Diệm was the first president of Vietnam and the last prime minister of the State of Vietnam. He was assassinated on December 2 1963 at the age of 62. -
The Gulf of Tonkin Indecent
A series of events that happened from August 2 to 4. The event was attack on American naval ships by Vietnam. -
Tet Offence
The Tet offence was the turning point of the veitnam war, lead by the north veitnamese and the veit con. -
My Lai Massacre
My Lai Massacre was a war crime that the u.s committed, which was a mass murder of the Vietnamese citizens.