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Trumn chooses sides in first Indochina war
Truman decided to choose to go against France to prevent the spread of communism. by 1954 the U.S was paying for 80% of the indochina war. 10 Million dollars -
Eisenhower considers increased American involvment
Even thought the U.S. had aided the in the fist indochina war, the French still controlled the Northern and Southern cities of Vietnam. So eisen hower sends troops to try andcontrol the cities. -
Geneva peace confrence splits vietnam in two
In 1954 the French and Viet Mihn had signed the geneva accords staing that the fighting stopped and that Veitnam would be temporarily split along the 17th parallel. -
Kennedy tries to prop up south Vietnam
Once John Kennedy had become president he immediatly tried to send aid to the south Vietnam government. -
Buddhism is not tolerated by Diem
Diem was already not liked by the public and now with he going against the buddhist religion he caused many monks to set them selves on fire. -
Johnson Inherits Vietnam Problem
Three weeks after Diems death, Kennedy was also assainated, and the problem in vietnam fell to the next president. President Lyndon B. Johnson. -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
For years the north Vietnamese had been sending supplies to the south vietnamese along the Ho Chi Mihn Trail. this was until the U.S. troops had interupted with that this to hopefully prevent the spread of communism. -
Johnson americanizes the war
this was when after wieghing all outcomes and circumstances president johnson finally decided to send more american troops -
Domino theory
the domino theory was supposed to be a chain of events . If vietnam fell to communism so would all other neighboring countries -
Johnsons advisors debate increased involvement
President johnson had decided that the veitnam war effort needed more men so he had created the draft. -
johnson dramaticly increases the troop levels
president jonson would send on average about 35,000 trrops a month to serve in vietnam.
