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Rhee first requested to invade DPRK/NK
Previously communist guerrillas caused trouble in South Korea -
Battle of Xuzhou
Considered to be crucial for the rise of Communist China -
Truman first gave aid to French in Vietnam
$10M for military effort, 15-person MAAG group -
NK attacks SK
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Chinese troops enter Korean War
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More aid to French
$100M with more advanced military weapons and vehicles -
Period: to
Truman gave $2B to war effort
Compared to $50M for Vietnamese aid -
Dean Acheson's Speech
Publicly informed on defence perimeter from Aleutians to the Philippines -
Stalin received news
Indicating US would not defend South Korea if it was attacked -
Truman's presidency ended
At this point, US public was paying almost 80% of the French bill for Indochina -
French defeated at Dien Bien Phu
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Geneva Accords temporarily divided Vietnam
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US established SEATO
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Eisenhower articulated Domino Theory
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Viet Minh took over Dien Bien Phu
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Start of Geneva Conference
Representatives of France, Bao Dai, Viet Minh, Cambodia, Laos. US, USSR, PRC and Britain discussed how to end the war in Indochina. -
US increased aid to South Vietnam
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NLF increasingly disrupted South Vietnam
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Kennedy pressured by Bay of Pigs, Laos
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Strategic Hamlets
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Assassinations of Diem and Kennedy
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Battle of Ap Bac