Vietnam escalation

  • First indochina war

    First indochina war
    Vietnam wants freedom,France is not willing to give them it.The first Indochina war begins.
  • Domino theory

    Domino theory
    President Harry Truman makes a speech about the foreign policy that if one country falls to communism then the US needs to help them.
  • Geneva Accords

    Geneva Accords
    A meeting that made an agreement to split Vietnam into two.Leaving South and North Vietnam.
  • US sends advisors to Vietnam

    US sends advisors to Vietnam
    Eisenhower sends advisors to Vietnam because of the domino theory