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the vietnam war begins when france colonized the country.
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japan beat the french during war
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vietnam defeat the frech and president eisenhower warned the domino effect that could affect all of the southeast asia to communist rule.
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president johnson increased troops to 184k and u.s. troops in vietnam increased to 385k.
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marines held off 20,000 north vietnams for 77 days. the u.s left the base and north vietnam launched s many bombs that attacked south korea and part of u.s.embassy. u.s. troops then conquered hamburger hill in a battle
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civilians were reducing troops to 24k nixons policies created stagfltion.
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north vietnam overran saigon and south vietman surrendered the recession ended in march 1975