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Growth of American involvement in French Indochina
US involvement in Vietnam was driven and shaped by the Cold War. American foreign policy was largely shaped by the Truman Doctrine of 1947, which said communism must be contained and governments susceptible to communist infiltration and takeover must be assisted -
Expansion of American Involvement in War
Americans played a big role in the Vietnam War because of the fact that they manufactured weapons and arms to aid in this war. -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
This was the decisive engagement in the first Indochina War, which lasted from 1946 to 1954. This battle settled the fate of French Indochina in November of 1953. -
Assassination of Diem
Was sent to be assassinated by U.S. President, John F. Kennedy in -
War Course
From 1964 to 1975, involved many different people and events. -
Gulf of Tonkin incident
In early August 1964, two U.S. destroyers stationed in the Gulf of Tonkin in Vietnam radioed that they had been fired upon by North Vietnamese forces. In response to these reported incidents, President Lyndon B. Johnson requested permission from the U.S. Congress to increase the U.S. military presence in Indochina. -
Tet Offensive
The most important holiday on Vietnamese calendar. -
Incursion into Cambodia
Was a series of military operations conducted in eastern Cambodia during 1970 by the United States and the Republic of Vietnam as an extension of the Vietnam War and the Cambodian Civil War. -
American Support for & opposition to war in Vietnam
Many opposed the war and many were in favor of it. -
Paris Peace Accords
officially titled the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam, was a peace treaty signed on January 27, 1973 to establish peace in Vietnam and end the Vietnam War. It ended direct U.S. military combat, and temporarily stopped the fighting between North and South Vietnam. -
Ho Chi Minh
Was a voice during the Vietnam War for Vietnamese Independence. Joined Communist party and traveled to Soviet Union. Helped in finding Indochinese Communist Party & League for the Independence of Vietnam in 1941. Was North Vietnam's head of state during the Vietnam War -
Effects in US During Time
This improved but also harmed the US in multiple ways. -
The Fall of Saigon
the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam on 30 April 1975