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Munich Pact
Munich Pact was to appease Hitler and allow for the continued aggression that led to World War II -
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh was a Vietnamese communist who help oppose foreign occupation known as Viet Minh -
Japan Surrenders
Japan surrenders to the Allies. Ho Chi Minh decides to declare it's Independence with reading words from Declaration of Independence. -
First Indochina War
6,000 Vietnamese civillians were attacked by French warships on a city called Haiphong. -
Foreign Aid
Truman decided to increase military aid for French Indochina. The aid rose from $10 million to $100 million in 1 year. Us was paying 80% of the war cost. -
Geneva Accords
Viet Minh signed the Geneva Accords. Which ended the violence between Vietnam and French. Vietnam became along the 17th parallel for a while. -
Viet Minh overran French Base
Viet Minh ended The Battle of Dien Bien Phu by overraning the French Base and shattered French Morale. -
Kennedy opposes
Kennedy offered his on version of domino theory. He favored the policy of containing communism. -
Viet Cong
Viet Minh formed a group named National Liberation Front and invited all of the Diem to join. Diem named them Viet Cong , short for Vietnamese communists. -
Buddhist Rally
The South Vietnamese police killed nine demonstrators at this rally. It was a Buddhist rally opposing Diem's policies. Some Buddhist monks protested by setting themselves on fire. -
Johnson
Johnson approved covert attacks on radar stations. South Vietnamese in speedboats carried out raids. -
Operation Starlite
First major assault by US ground troops. 1500 Viet Cong were going to attack a US air base near the coast. The battle started with bomb attacks. -
Conflict change
The landing of the first combat forces made conflict change in Vietnam. The us took over the responsibility for the fighting the war. -
Viet Cong Attacked
Viet Cong was attacked by a US air base in South. Lyndon B Johnson responded by ordering the bombing of barracks and miltary staging areas north of the 17th parallel. -
Johnson Americanizes the War
3,500 Us Marines waded ashore at a beach in South Vietnam, Several Vietnamese women set flowers around soldiers necks.l