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Ho Chi Minh and the creation of the Viet Minh
This was made to fight off japansee and France. te Viet Minh were a way to show independence in veitnam. -
The First Indochina War
The Battle of Hanoi
border issues
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American Aids France
France was struggling, so America aided them with over 7 million dollars, 5 million towards economic aid and 4 million towards military aid. -
The domino theory
The fear of communism spreading all over the world and everyone turning communist because the people around them are. -
The Geneva Accords
settle issues from the Korean War and the First Indochina War, which involved several nations. It took place in Geneva, Switzerland. -
Use of Agent Orange
A spray that the us dropped to clear out the forests so they could see were to bomb better. -
Diem's assassination
Diem and his brother were kidnapped and killed shortly after. He was the president of South Vietnam. He was not a good person and did bad things to his peopl.e he wouldn't hold countrywide elections, and he ran an unfair government -
The gulf of Tonkin Incident
The president gets the final say in what happens with the military without Congress's approval -
The Tet Offensive
a type of fighting with a lot of coordinated surprise attacks -
My Lai Massacre
A brutal attack on a Vietnamese village where many innocent men, women, and children lost their lives. -
Vietnamization/ US pulling troops
escalating cost
veitnamazation failing -
Wars Powers Act
limits the president's ability to send troops without congressional approval. -
The Fall of Saigon
this marked the end of the vietnam war