Vietnam

By mariahatafoya

  • Independence

    Ho Chi Minh declared independence for vietman

  • independence

    Ho chi minh declared independence on vietnam

  • First Indochina War

    In November 1946 French warships opened fire on the port city of Haiphong, killing 6,000 vietnamese civilians.

  • French warships

    french warships opened fire on Port City, Haiphong

  • U.S soldiers

    U>S soldiers had already died in korea trying to halt the spread of communism

  • Eisenhower Considers increased American Involvement

    The Viet Minh finally overran the french base ending the Battle of Dien Bien Phu and shattering French morale

  • french base

    viet minh overran the french base ending the battle of Dien Bien Phu and shattering french morale

  • Geneva peace confernce splits vietnam in two

    national elections to reunify Vietnam were rescheduled.

  • elections

    national elections were scheduled to reunify vietnam

  • National Liberation Front

    Viet Minh formed a group called the National Libertation Front and invited all opponents of diem to join.

  • national libertation front

    viet minh formed a group called french libertations front and invited all opponents of diem to join

  • Kennedy tries to prop up south vietnam

    kennedy became president

  • Kennedy

    kennedy became president

  • johnson inherits the vietnam problem

    Lyndon B. Johnson expressed his ambivalent feelings about Vietnam to an adviser

  • Lyndon B. Johnson

    he expressed his ambivalent feelings about vietnam to and adviser

  • U.S reaches a crisis point in vietnam

    Escalated senator Gruening

  • Americans serving in Vietnam

    nearly half a million american´s were serving in vietnam and more were streaming into the country.