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france tooki control of vietnam
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nationalist came to vietnam demanding more self - governance and less french influence
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japan surrendered at the end of world war two
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the french continued to fight in the indochina war up until now
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france had been fighting the indochina war up until now and this is the end of the war
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the geneva accords declared a ceased fire and split vietnam into north and south vietnam
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Declare dthe reoublic of vietnam
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vietnam was to be reunified becausde the geneva accords said that the divide was just temporary
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canceled the elections that had scheduled-
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u.s. president john. f . kennedy sent american military advisors to vietnam to help train the south vietnamese army
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the united states backed a coop that overthrew the diem and installed a new leader
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They set up a campaign Tet Offensive almost attacking 30 US targets and lots of other cities in South Vietnam
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the south vietnamese capital of saigon feel to the north vietnamese who reunited the the country under communists rules as the socialist republic of vietnam which ended the vietnam war