U.S. involvment in Vietnam

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  • Vietnam Independence

    Vietnam Independence
    Ho Chi Minh declared independence when Japan formally surrended to the allies.

  • U.S Military aid to French Indochina

    U.S Military aid to French Indochina
    after the deaths of the french and the war debt started to pile up, the u.s sent aid and money to indochina to help fight communism. $10 million in 1950 to more than $100 million in 1951

  • Battle of Dien Bien Phu

    Battle of Dien Bien Phu
    mountains of northern vietnam. they had base surrounded. by april, more than 12,00 french soldiers at Dien Bien Phu were about to give up.

  • Geneva Accords

    Geneva Accords
    possibly unify Korea and restoring peace in indochina. seperated vietnam into two zones, north and south.

  • Buddhist protest of Diem policies.

    Buddhist protest of Diem policies.
    several monks protested publicly by setting themselves on fire. Kennedy realized that Diem failed as a leader.