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• Found because Vietnamese had unrest about the land getting extracted, was also taken by revolt under the leadership of ho chi minh.
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Indo China was a French colony it was ruled by the Vichy Regime, which was controlled by the Nazis, Japan's ally, ended up trading one colonial power for another.
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Vietnam 1955 this included a long battle with the French, they won, and the agreement then was signed
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diem was a strong anti communist place at this time, they refused to take part in countrywide election of 1956
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He likened the countries on the brink of communism to a row of dominoes, wanted to knock down one so he could knock all of them down.
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Would go back into territory and regain back the control of cities and the southern half, did not want to take north.
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He fled Vietnam and made for his rebellion activity, made independence movement in SU and china.
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He was also the SV president, as well as a strong anti- communist
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All because NV fired a torpedo at a American ship, had 2 senators voting against it, would fire a missel to repel any further aggression.
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This was the first bombing in NV, this happened after they killed 8 Americans.