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The United States withdraw support of Ngo Dinh Diem, leader of south Vietnam
US supported Ngo Dinh Diem for his anti-communism. He murdered anyone who was Buddhist causing US to stop the support. Was later imprisoned. -
Ho Chi Minh is born
Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader -
Vietnam declares independence from France, but neither France nor the United States recognize Vietnam as a separate nation
US believed that Ho Chi Minh was a communist leader therefore we supported France. -
The first combat Troops arrive in Vietnam
September 1950 US sent the first military advisors to try to help assist the French. -
Ngo Dinh Diem cancels elections in Vietnam
Ngo Dinh Diem declared the country to be a socialist state, Felt that Ho Chi Min would win elections. -
President Eisenhower declares "Domino Theory"
If one country in a region came under the influence of communism the surrounding countries would too. -
The Geneva Accords cause Vietnam to be split into North and South.
North and South Korea were divided by the 17th parallel established by the Geneva Accords which was a conference resolving the war between French and Korea. -
The National Liberation Front is formed
National Liberation front also known as Viet Cong was a mass political organization. -
President Kennedy is assassinated, leading to the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson
Before death he helped Vietnam with political, economic support, military advice, etc -
A South Vietnamese monk sets himself on fire
Quang Duc, Buddhist Monk sets himself on fire for a protest to persecuton of Buddhist -
The Viet Minh and Ho Chi Minh defeat the french at Dien Bien Phu
Eisenhower vetoed a proposal to get involved in another land war in Asia. -
President Johnson claims a U.S. ship had been fired upon by North Vietnamese
U.S.S. Maddox was shot at by torpedoes, Resolution was to legal justification for bombing of N. Vietnam.
